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Will Minocycline Cause A Positive Alcohol Reading?

Hi, I'm Marcy from Riverton, Wyoming. My job is to put alcohol monitoring bracelets on DUI offenders. These bracelets test for alcohol by taking samples of their perspiration. I have a client who continues to have positive T.A.C. detections (Transdermal Alcohol Content). Can you tell me if Minocycline could cause a positive alcohol reading?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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You're taking 100 MILLIGRAMS of the drug (thousandth of a gram). It's going to be in the sweat in the MICROGRAM (Millionth of a gram) amounts. How much alcohol does this thing detect ? If it is that sensitive I would seriously wonder if hand sanitizer is going to be more of a risk.
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Will Minocycline Cause A Positive Alcohol Reading?

You re taking 100 MILLIGRAMS of the drug (thousandth of a gram). It s going to be in the sweat in the MICROGRAM (Millionth of a gram) amounts. How much alcohol does this thing detect ? If it is that sensitive I would seriously wonder if hand sanitizer is going to be more of a risk.