| Drug Detection Times
are expressed in terms of boundaries, high and low. There are several contributing factors
which determine an individual's placement within these boundaries. In most cases, the
following factors will increase a drug's detection time: high levels of use, chronic use,
high drug potency, high urine pH, slow body metabolism, low fluid intake, high body fat
count (Marijuana and PCP), and overall poor health. |
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| INTENDED USE The Quik ScreenTM is a immunochromatographic assay
for rapid, qualitative detection of five drugs and their principal metabolites in urine at
specified cut-off concentrations. A five drug combination is composed from the following
drugs:
| Marijuana |
50 ng/ml |
| Cocaine/ Benzoylecgonine |
300 ng/ml |
| Opiates/ Morphine |
300 ng/ml |
| Phencyclidine |
25 ng/ml |
| Amphetamine |
1000 ng/ml |
Note: The test provides
only preliminary data which should be confirmed by other methods such as gas
chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS. Clinical considerations and professional judgment
should be applied to any drug of abuse test result, particularly when preliminary positive
results are indicated.
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| Drug / Drug Type |
Drug Detection Times |
| Alcohol |
6
hours to 1 day |
| Amphetamines |
1
to 4 days |
| Barbiturates |
Short-acting
(Allobarbital, Alphenal, Amobarbital, Aprobarbital, Butabarbital, Butalbital, Butethal,
Pentobarbital, Secobarbital): 1 to 4 days |
| Long-acting
(Barbital, Phenobarbital): 2 to 3 weeks |
| Benzodiazepines |
Short-term
Therapeutic Use: 3 days |
| Long-term
Chronic Use: 4 to 6 weeks |
| Cocaine |
2
to 5 days |
| LSD |
1
to 4 days |
| Marijuana |
Casual
Use: up to 7 days |
| Chronic
Use: up to 30 days or longer |
| Note:
THC, Marijuana's primary psychoactive ingredient, is stored by the body in fatty
lipid tissue. From there, it is slowly released into the bloodstream and urine for up to
several weeks. Chronic users and individuals with high body fat count are at the greatest
risk of long-term detection. |
| MDMA
(Ecstasy) |
1
to 4 days |
| Mescaline |
1
to 4 days |
| Methadone |
1
to 7 days |
| Methamphetamines |
1
to 4 days |
| Methaqualone |
up
to 14 days |
| Nicotine |
1
to 2 days |
| Opiates |
1
to 4 days |
| PCP (Phencyclidine) |
Casual
Use: up to 7 days |
| Chronic
Use: up to 30 days |
| Note:
PCP is stored by the body in fatty lipid tissue. From there, it is slowly released
into the bloodstream and urine for up to several weeks. Chronic users and individuals with
high body fat count are at the greatest risk of long-term detection. |
| Propoxyphene |
1
to 7 days |
| Psilocybin
(Mushrooms) |
1
to 3 days |
| Steroids (Anabolic) |
Oral:
2 to 3 weeks |
| Injected:
1 to 3 months |
| Naldrolene:
up to 9 months |
| Tricyclic
Antidepressants |
1
to 9 days |
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