Will sumatriptan cause you to fail a drug test?

Answer 1

No. My PCP prescrib imtrex for me and I always forgot to tell my pain Managment doctor and they do a very detailed drug test. I later asked about it and because it's a very unlikely drug to be abused it's not tested for.

Answer 2

Yes, though strangely enough it seems to show up as "tricyclic antidepressants". Drug tests only show classes of drugs, generally, not specific drugs themselves - unless the tests are very expensive molecular analyses. I am screened periodically to meet my doctor's paranoia that DEA will have a problem with my pain management program of 26 years. The only time "tricyclic antidepressants" show up on a screen is when I have had to take Imitrex (sumatriptan - I use the generic now) for migraine shortly before the test. How long is shortly? A couple of weeks, anyway. I don't take tricyclic antidepressants, so there's no reason they would be there, other than the sumatriptan, that we can discover. NO drug test is perfect...

Answer 3

Sumitripitan (Imitrex) will not be detected by a standard pre-employment type drug screen.

Answer 4

I have a patient today who is on sumatriptan and it showed up as a tricyclic antidepressant.