Opioid-positive urine drug screen during treatment with oral naltrexone and the clinical implications.
Elena R BeauregardElizabeth G MaguirePublished in: The mental health clinician (2024)
One of the lesser-known metabolites of naltrexone, noroxymorphone, can cause a positive oxycodone UDS during treatment with oral naltrexone. Confirmatory urine drug testing should be conducted to confirm the presence of noroxymorphone and rule out alternative opioids.