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Yes, they can determine the difference between methamphetamine and Adderall (racemic and dextro amphetamine). Methamphetamine usually isn't in pill form, although you can get a methamphetamine prescription (Desoxyn).

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Yes. adderall is an amphetamine salt, while methamphetamine has a methylated unit on the amphetamine. When doing a confirmatory spectrophotometer they can tell the difference between the methylated and unmethylated version. Your body will not add a methyl group to the amphetamine- that is the drug. Ephedra/psuedoephedrine will not cause this difference either. I got this info from a doc at the lab that does the tests-

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Not necessarily. Some drug tests will test specifically for each, under amphetamines for adderall and methamphetamines for methamphetamines. 9 times out of 10 I would say that they do show up as the same thing, under simply amphetamines. If they show up as just amphetamines, a confirmation test known as the GC/MS test can tell you if it was adderall or if it was methamphetamines that were in your system.. But this method is not used very often, it's more expensive.

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Adderall can give a false positive for methamphetamine use. Inform your drug test site that you are taking adderall, and be prepared to provide a prescription - as the levels tested can be proved to match the prescribed dose you take. If you are abusing yours, or someone elses prescription, you can face criminal charges or have your prescription revoked.

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yes, because it IS speed. Ina a hair test however, the gas chromatography (the 2nd stage used only for a positive test) the technician should be able to differentiate between the two drugs.

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Yes they can. Adderall is an amphetamine and it does show up differently then methamphetamine. And the amounts will be a lot lower most likely with adderall then what would show up for meth.

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They don't test for methamphetamine specifically. It shows up under the classification of amphetamines.

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