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Can having hep c cause a false positive urine or swab drug test?

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh
Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
What drug was tested: Hep C per se should not give a false positive drug test, however, it begs the question, how did you get Hep C? Were you abusing intravenous drugs? If you have Hep C, get treatment as it is mostly curable now.
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