Test Details & Preparation

• Drugs of Abuse Screen test is done to screen for drug abuse, to monitor someone with a substance abuse problem, or to detect and evaluate drug intoxication or overdose.


• Drugs of Abuse Screen test is required prior to the start of a new job or insurance policy randomly for workplace drug testing or athletic drug testing programs as mandated when court-ordered as indicated when ordered by a health practitioner to monitor a known or suspected substance abuse patient sometimes when you are pregnant, will be receiving an organ transplant, when you are taking pain medication, or when you have symptoms suggesting drug intoxication or overdose sometimes.


• A random urine sample sometimes a blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm or, rarely, hair, saliva, or sweat for a Drugs of Abuse Screen test.


• Some prescription and over-the-counter drugs may give a positive screening result prior to testing, indicate any medications that you have taken or for which you have prescriptions.


• A positive initial drug screening means that the person tested has a substance in his or her body that falls into one of the drug classes and is above the established cut-off level. If secondary testing confirms a positive result, it means that the person has indeed taken this drug.


• If testing reveals no drugs, or drugs in amounts below the established cut-offs, then the results are usually reported as "not detected" or "none detected."


• A negative result does not necessarily mean that the person did not take a drug at some point. The drug may be present but below the established cut-off, the drug may have been already metabolized and eliminated from the body, or the test method does not detect the particular drug present in the sample.


• Symptoms associated with drug abuse and drug overdose will vary from person to person, from time to time, and do not necessarily reflect drug concentrations in the body.