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On Site Drug Testing vs Outsourcing to a Lab

On Site Drug Testing Saves Money, Time and Effort Most people do not want to handle, never mind examine, another person’s urine. However, the benefits of in-house drug testing vs. outsourcing to a clinic are abundant and should not be ignored or dismissed due to personal views. Many employers, up to 78 percent, require drug testing for at least a particular segment of their workforce. According to HireRight’s 2013 Employment Screening Benchmarking Report , this number is even higher in highly regulated industries such as transportation, which is reported at 98 percent.  Staffing agencies, employers and pain management facilities can all benefit from the cost, time and productivity savings seen from using on site drug testing methods over the traditional method of outsourcing testing to laboratories. Cost Benefits According to the Millennium Research Institute , most pain management facilities and chronic care physicians drug test patients two to six times per year...

MD DrugScreen 5 Panel Drug Test Cup w/Adulterants Review

When you need a one-step solution to test for 5 drugs at once, the MD DrugScreen 5 Panel Drug Test Cup with Adulterants is a great option. This easy to use drug test cup will give results in five minutes, is priced to meet your budget and 99% accurate. With FDA approval, this 5-panel urine drug test includes an adulterant validation test to ensure the integrity of the tested urine sample is sound. The MD DrugScreen 5 Panel Drug Test is available in three categories: MDC-245AD tests for cocaine, marijuana, opiates, amphetamines and methamphetamines. MDC-654AD tests for cocaine, marijuana, opiates, methamphetamines and benzodiazepines. MDC-354AD tests for cocaine, marijuana, opiates, methamphetamines and oxycodone. Ensuring accurate results is incredibly important when testing potential job candidates for drug use. With the attached adulterant function, the MD DrugScreen 5 Panel Drug Test can detect for common substances used to mask the use of drugs, including eye drop...

9 Natural Pain Killers: Alternative Treatments for Chronic Pain

In our lastpost, we discussed the growing problem of prescription drug abuse and how it’s been ruining lives across the world for years now. Painkillers are one of the most common prescription drugs for abuse, but many pain pill addicts begin taking these pills because a doctor prescribed them for chronic pain. If you or a loved one is facing chronic pain, it’s important to consider natural remedies before trying potentially addictive prescription pills. Here are some of the best natural treatments for chronic pain: Exercise — Regular physical activity can boost your energy, improve your mood and reduce your pain. Exercise has two benefits: Strengthening the painful area to decrease pain, and by releasing endorphins, the body’s natural pain killer. Heat and ice — A combination of heat and ice can be an excellent way to temporarily soothe pain while your body works to heal on its own. If the injury is recent (i.e. it occurred within the last 48 hours), only use ice to help ...

Prescription Drug Abuse: A Growing Problem

Every day, people are battling a growing problem worldwide: prescription drugs abuse. This battle encompasses people of all ages, genders, creed and color. From the high school student stealing a parent’s prescription pills to older adults who excessively use painkillers due to chronic pain, nobody is immune from falling under the spell of prescription drugs. Prescription drug abuse can ruin lives and families. Most addicts do not act like normal people and this can cause relationship problems with spouses, children and parents – although it is not unheard of to have a secret drug addiction for a long period of time. Normal people can easily become prescription drug abusers after painful accidents, recovery from surgery, or while treating mental illness. When users cannot renew their access to a drug, they must find it in less than legal ways which can lead to dangerous encounters or arrests. Fatal overdoses are also growing. According to the Center for Disease Control, th...

Benefits of MD Saliva Screen: Oral Fluids Drug Test

MD Saliva Screen- Oral Fluids Drug Test Product Review Drug testing employees or candidates for employment can be pretty complicated, but with Medical Disposables’ Saliva Screen Oral Fluids Drug Test , drug testing can be quick and hassle free. This saliva drug test kit detects 10 different drugs and is extremely sensitive to THC, even at very low levels. This easy to use and easy to read test is perfect for staffing agencies that must screen candidates, and is also ideal for employers and home test use. How To Use The Saliva Rapid Test Cup To use this product, simply have the subject swab the inside his or her mouth and keep the swab inside until the indicator turns red, or up to seven minutes. Then place the donor’s sample into the provided cup, sponge first. It is important to make sure the test cup is resting on a flat surface, and that the subject has not consumed anything, even gum, in the ten minutes prior to the test. The easy to decipher test results can be read ...

Synthetic Marijuana and Prescription Abuse: A Teen Trend

 Children are precious, and parents long to protect their teens from danger.    During the teenage years children are likely to come into contact with drugs at school, with friends, or during extra-curricular activities. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 60% of teenagers admitted that they could readily access drugs at their high school campus. One of the lesser known teen drug abuse facts is that synthetic marijuana and prescription drugs are a growing trend. Teens have virtually the same access to these drugs as they do the more classic drugs, such as marijuana and cocaine. Teenagers are smart enough to realize that many common drug tests do not register these popular drugs. What Is Synthetic Marijuana Synthetic marijuana, known as “spice” or K2 to savvy users, is popular with young people and is still not illegal in many states, although it is surely banned from every school. It is made by coating plant materials, usually o...

Spice Drug Test Review

With the rise of synthetic marijuana products, also known as spice or K2, many employers and hiring agencies are understandably concerned with how they will detect the use of such drugs.  Despite synthetic marijuana being marketed as “safe” and legal, neither of those claims are true. Spice is a psychoactive herbal and chemical product that mimics the effects of marijuana and has the potential to be very harmful causing an array of mental problems. Because of this, it’s important for an employer to ensure that employees and job candidates are not using spice. The common assumption has been that the drug is difficult to detect using standard drug tests, and this is one key reason why there has been an increase in the consumption of spice in recent years.  Medical Disposables K2 / Spice Drug Test is an alternative to the traditional cannabis urine test. The K2/Spice Test is based on a specific immunochemical reaction between antibodies and antigens . The K2/ Spice Drug Te...