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An opiate is any drug made from the opium poppy plant, including natural products, morphine, codeine, and semi-synthetic drugs like heroin. Opiates are often used to control pain. This test will allow you to figure out if a drug from the opiate family has been recently used. The test will yield a positive result when concentrations of morphine exceed 2000 ng/mL. Morphine is excreted unmetabolized (aka unchanged), and is also the major metabolic product of codeine and heroin. Morphine, codeine, and heroin are generally detectable in the urine for several days after use.

Opiates are extremely addictive. You can learn more about Heroin here at the National Institute on Drug Abuse website. This opiates drug test uses a urine by Text-Enhance" href="http://www.homehealthtesting.com/opiates-drug-test-way-urine-test-p-72.html">sample to find out if an opiate has been used in the past few days. It is 95% accurate, simple to use, and provides results within 5 minutes. If you need a test that will show you a more extensive drug use history, please check out our variety of hair drug tests (see the sidebar on the left). In either case we believe we have a drug test that will suit your needs. If you have any questions please send us an email at cs@homehealthtesting.com or check out the Instructions or FAQ tabs above!

Heroin Use Increases

Both law enforcement and treatment by Text-Enhance" href="http://www.homehealthtesting.com/opiates-drug-test-way-urine-test-p-72.html">providers are reporting increased heroin availability and use. The increase in heroin drug use is attributed to the fact that some opioid prescription drug abusers switch to heroin because it is cheaper than a prescription drug like oxycodone. Also opioid abusers can build up a tolerance to prescription drugs and may try heroin for a more intense high. Visit the White House Drug Policy website for the latest Heroin Facts and Figures.

*The Opiate urine drug test uses Morphine as the calibrator for the stated 2,000 ng/mL testing level. The following table lists the concentrations of compounds (ng/mL) that are detected as positive in this urine drug test

Morphine 2,000 ng/mL
Codeine 2,000 ng/mL
Ethylmorphine 5,000 ng/mL
Hydrocodone 12,500 ng/mL
Hydromorphone 5,000 ng/mL
Levorphanol 75,000 ng/mL
6-Monoacetylmorphine (6-MAM) 5,000 ng/mL
Morphine 3-B-D-glucuronide 2,000 ng/mL
Norcodeine 12,500 ng/mL
Normorphine 50,000 ng/mL

You might already know this but heroine is not good for you.  Oh, and it's illegal and expensive. You can die from using it also....just a few things to consider, if you haven't already heard..