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Other causes of failed PEth test for alcohol abuse?

Mental Health | Last Active: Nov 6 9:09pm | Replies (446)

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@katies

Good afternoon - I have been trying to find out how I have one PEth test that shows positive for alcohol when I have not had a drink in over a year. Here is the funny part - at the same time as the PEth test, I also took a urine test which was negative, a hair test which was also negative and was wearing a SCRAM ankle monitor which has never been positive, no tampering, etc. I took the PEth test in early December of 2021 and had the SCRAM monitor on since June of 2021 and there was never a positive reading. I had another PEth test done that showed negative. However, on this one particular PEth test, it shows this astronomical number of 613 which is crazy as I have not had any alcohol. I do have endometriosis and diverticulitis. I have a lot of intestinal and GI issues and things like that, so I am wondering if that could have done it. Every other test was negative plus I have on an ankle monitor.

Just as a note - this was done for a professional evaluation.

Thank you for any assistance.

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Not knowing all the medications you take for you ailments I recommend you look up all your medications on Google and look for medication interactions related testing. Also obtain the technical data for the specific test you reference to see if they show any potential interference from other materials.

These tests are prone to false positives and it should be repeated in view that all your other tests were negative, which shows how beneficial multiple comparative tests can be.