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Inverness +/- Warning

Hey ladies. I just wanted to let you all know that I recently got bright BFPs on all three +/- HPTS from Walgreens. They were all false positives. Thanks to those results, and being a POAS addict, I had to get more tests from other brands to confirm. FRER, Answer, dollar store, and yes... one more pack of Inverness two line. So, the FRER, Answer, and dollar store were all negative, and surprise, the two lines were slight positives. After days of total confusion, I got a quantitative blood test done, and it was negative. I wrote to Inverness (hand written letter) telling them they are hurting women, and costing us money and time. I told them they should take those tests off of the market, and ended my letter with "shame on you". I know that most of us know that the blue dyes can be tricky, but I never imagined that a total of 5 blue dyes would give the same false results. I just wanted to share my experience, in the hopes that no one who finds this will go through the same thing. Best of luck to you all!

3 Replies • 12 years ago


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I just had this happen!! I got a plain as day positive with the walgreens plus or minus. I have spent so much money on all different tests because of that false positive. Very disappointed.

11 years ago


I have had false positives on blue dye test from Boots (uk) x2 tests from box and clearblue plus x3 tests.
I re-tested with pink dyes and digitals and HCG blood tests and wasn't pregnant.
I will not touch another blue dye test!


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11 years ago


Hi Ladies, I just wanted to update you all, and let you know that Inverness does give refunds. If any of you have had a false positive with these tests, I urge you to call the number on the box and get the address to write a letter to. You'll need your receipt and the little bar code thing from the test box. It takes a couple of weeks, but I believe that anyone who has gone through this deserves to get their money back. They didn't write anything back to me, no apologies or anything, just a check.

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