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I am not prescribing Serax and the results were positive for oxazepam. The patient claims she is not taking Serax – could this be a false positive?

April 26, 2017False patient positive prescribing results serax taking

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I am not prescribing Serax and the results were positive for oxazepam. The patient claims she is not taking Serax – could this be a false positive?

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Oxazepam is a terminal metabolite for several benzodiazepines. The presence of oxazepam and no other drugs could indicate the use of Serax or it could indicate recent use of another benzodiazepine – but discontinued long enough ago so that only oxazepam remains.