Urine reducing substances

What the risks are:

If the sample is being collected from your infant, some skin irritation may result from the adhesive on the container.

Special considerations:

Drugs that may increase urine glucose measurements include aminosalicylic acid, cephalosporins, chloral hydrate, chloramphenicol, dextrothyroxine, diazoxide, diuretics (loop and thiazides), estrogens, isoniazid, levodopa, lithium, nafcillin, nalidixic acid and nicotinic acid (large doses).

Drugs that may give false positive results with Clinitest, but not with Clinistix or Tes-tape include acetylsalicylic acid, aminosalicylic acid, ascorbic acid, cephalothin, chloral hydrate, nitrofurantoin, streptomycin and sulfonamides.

Drugs that may give false negative results are ascorbic acid (Clinistix, Tes-tape), levodopa (Clinistix), and phenothiazines (Clinistix, Tes-tape).