Celebrity Justice
Inhaler? We Hardly Knew Her! -- Brit's Drug Test

Britney spearsTMZ has learned Britney Spears will now say her false positive drug test may have been caused by her inhaler, which she uses for asthma.

Sources connected with Spears told TMZ yesterday that the drug that may have caused the positive was Provigil, used to treat narcolepsy. But TMZ did some digging and found Provigil would not show up on a court-ordered drug test.

Now the same source says the drug that showed up may have been Albuterol, an asthma drug. But, again, we checked and Albuterol is not an amphetamine, and the class of drug that showed up on the test was an amphetamine.

K-Fed's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, will press the issue tomorrow in court. Stay tuned.

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256.




WHY IS SHE ALLOWED TO HAUL THOSE LITTLE KIDS ALL OVER SO.CAL. AT NIGHT-- WHEN THEY SHOULD BE HOME IN BED -- WHEN THE JUDGE *HIMSELF* SAID SHE HAS A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM ...

... AND SHE HITS CARS, BLOWS RED LIGHTS, RUNS OVER PEOPLE'S FEET, AND HAD TO BE MADE TO GO GET A VALID LICENSE IN THE 1st PLACE?

HELLO?







Posted at 7:45AM on Nov 14th 2007 by WTF?

257. Most likely she has bronchitis because I do and I smoke and thats what causes it I also have and inhaler to combat upper respitory infections, So I can beleive she has a illness due to smoking and this is only thru prescribtion. The over the counter stuff has epedrine in it which will cause a heart attack thats why you can't hardly find primatine mist anymore they make meth with it. I don't if she's on meth this is a poormans drug man made all the way. Rich people do high end drugs like Heroin, cocaine,etc

Posted at 7:47AM on Nov 14th 2007 by dee

258. @ hora:

What an attitude for a social worker!!!! Poor Americans! In Europa social workers would never be that jugdemental and hostile to someone whit a drug problem which, by the way, is in no way proven in britneys case.

(Urin) Drug tests regularly produce false positive results - one can learn this in a second by checking the net.... I wouldn`t be so quick to jugde....

Posted at 7:56AM on Nov 14th 2007 by sun

259.

If it were me and if I were truly serious about regaining custody of my children, I'd only be taking what medication was absolutely necessary for my health. No diet pills or anything else. And I'd make sure that none of it contained any of the drugs that are prohibited by the court. Adding prescriptions to "confuse" the outcome of potentially positive drug tests (whether intentional or not) is obviously not helping the situation.

That sounds fairly straightforward and simple, but apparently not.



Posted at 10:02AM on Nov 14th 2007 by OCD

260. Heroin is a high class drug?

Posted at 10:06AM on Nov 14th 2007 by WHAT?

261.

I had to have an employee tested for drugs. He was actually abusing prescription drugs such as hydrocodone and vicodin and...something else. I can't remember all of them because there were several. Anyway, I talked to the drug testing lab and they said that even if he showed positive, that the results would come back as negative as long as he had a valid doctor's prescription.

What WOULD show up is if he had more of the drugs in his system and in his hair samples than was prescribed. Then it would show as positive.

Use of a prescription with prohibited drugs does not necessarily produce a positive test. What DOES show up as positive is abuse of a prohibited substance.

Posted at 10:16AM on Nov 14th 2007 by OCD

262. she is one dumb bitch........what's next? .........attention whore that she is.........she needs a swift kick in her taco bell azz.........keep the laughs coming brit, you are my daily dose of laughs.......

Posted at 10:41AM on Nov 14th 2007 by idiotsonboard

263. I think it is logical that Little Miss Ding,Dang is taking other harmless drugs to mask her serious drugs; it only makes sense. I think her acne shouts "meth." And she's bloated from alcohol. Why is she STILL wearing a weave; hasn't her hair grown out enough now to wear openly? Maybe she thinks if she keeps it cut down, the Judger won't be able to do a hair follicle test.

And that red light thing? She has a subconscious death wish. (Think about who was in the car with her.)

I agree with an earlier poster. She should have visitation only in a supervised setting, which will soon dwindle away to nothing. Those poor little boys.

Posted at 10:49AM on Nov 14th 2007 by emmaline

264. First provigil, then albuterol causing the failed drug test. I don't think so. Try Again

Posted at 1:55PM on Nov 14th 2007 by cj1973

265. If Brit had any brains, she'd get a perscription for Adderall (sp?) or a diet drug. A perscribed medication (that shows up as an amphetamine - HELLO?!) is not prohibited and would not give a "dirty or positive" result...

She's getting poor advice from the TWEAKERS she's hanging out with.

Posted at 11:49AM on Nov 14th 2007 by Stuck on Stupid

266. Provigil is an amphetamine, it's a controlled substance for narcolepsy...........

leave her alone!

Posted at 12:30PM on Nov 14th 2007 by dani

267. Sounds like a typical addict..... Speaking as mother, if you dont love yourself to take care of yourself, you arent capable of loving anyone else around you. Including your precious children. The courts will do the right thing in this situation. I hope the best for those 2 precious boys, and Kevin seems to have it together! he is doing well for his kids. Brit on the other hand - Grow the **** up get some better people around you. Go back to rehab, and stay there as long as you can. Come back better, regain your life and care for your babies.

Posted at 11:42AM on Nov 16th 2007 by Aja

268. if her test came up for amphetamines she could be taking Adderall or Ritilon for ADHD or just ADD. they both have amphetamines in them.

Posted at 9:44AM on Nov 15th 2007 by sara

269. Stuck on Stupid - Sounds like you are/have been in Britney's situation? Which Tweakers give "good" advice? You...?

Posted at 1:18PM on Nov 14th 2007 by Stupid on Stuck

270. If her test was positive for something, why are they going back to court Friday because of the red light incident? Don't you think that her flunking a drug test would trump running a red light? TMZ, you all are a bunch of snitching sell out bitches!!

Posted at 1:29PM on Nov 14th 2007 by tmz are narcs

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