A drug test is a technical analysis of a biological specimen to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites. Urine testing is the most common type of drug screening. Major applications of drug testing include detection of the presence of performance enhancing steroids in sport, employers and parole/probation officers screening […]
A drug test is a technical analysis of a biological specimen such as urine, hair, blood, breath, sweat, and/or oral fluid/saliva—to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites. Urine testing is the most common type of drug screening. Major applications of drug testing include detection of the presence of performance […]
Drug testing involves analyzing plasma (serum) or urine to detect the presence or absence of a drug or its metabolites. As the metabolization rate of drugs including antidepressants differs, the window of detection for certain drugs or metabolites also varies. Antidepressants are not as addictive as substances like alcohol and heroin. Antidepressants abusers do not […]
Drug testing reports can sometimes create confusion and the complexities linked to the unpredictability of the results often throw many into a state of anxiety and depression especially when random drug testing is carried out in the work place or prior to employment. A report by the National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance states that over 74% of […]
Monitoring for opioid-related problems, largely through urine drug testing, has become a central component of risk mitigation in long-term opioid therapy. Many people with addictive disorders go to hospital emergency rooms because they’re in crisis. Most hospitals provide an evaluation and assess the patient’s primary need and then connect him or her to the […]
Drug use can impair a person’s judgment and increase safety risks. This is especially true in certain industries, such as construction, in which using drugs or alcohol at work could cause an injury or even a fatality. As employee drug abuse causes as much as 50% of all on-the-job accidents (source), this is not a […]
A drug testing looks for the presence of illegal drugs or prescription medicines, panel tests employ paper strips impregnated with antibodies that react and change color in the presence of a drug or its metabolites—substances produced when a drug breaks down in the body. The panel tests, also known as immunoassays, detect drugs much the […]
Romanian chemist named Lazar Edeleanu first synthesized amphetamine in 1887. However, researchers could find no practical use for it and it was forgotten for over 40 years until American chemist Gordon Alles revisited the same compound in an effort to develop a new asthma medication. Alles tested a 50 mg dose of this new drug […]
Lorazepam was first introduced by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in 1977 under the brand names Ativan and Temesta. The drug was developed by D.J. Richards, president of research. It is a benzodiazepine medication. It is used to treat anxiety disorders, trouble sleeping, severe agitation, active seizures including status epilepticus, alcohol withdrawal, and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Ativan […]
Tramadol was patented in 1963 and launched under the name “Tramal” in 1977 by the West German pharmaceutical company Grünenthal GmbH. In the mid-1990s, it was approved in the United Kingdom and the United States. It is available as a generic medication and marketed under many brand names worldwide. Today tramadol is available as a […]
