Heroin Drug Test

What is heroin?
Heroin is an opioid drug made from morphine, which comes from the seed pods of opium poppy plants that grow in Southeast and Southwest Asia, Mexico, and Colombia. Heroin can be a white or dark powder, or it can be black and sticky, which is called “black tar heroin.”

What are the effects of heroin?
Heroin gets into the brain quickly and binds to opioid receptors on cells in many places, especially those that control how you feel pain and pleasure, how fast your heart beats, how well you sleep, and how much you breathe.

Heroin often has additives like sugar, starch, or powdered milk that can block blood vessels that lead to the lungs, liver, kidneys, or brain, causing lasting damage. Also, sharing drug injection tools and not being able to think straight because of drug use can make it more likely to get diseases like HIV and hepatitis (see “Injection Drug Use, HIV, and Hepatitis” for more information).

Heroin is a very addictive drug that has been illegal in the United States since 1924. Users smoke or snort it, or worse, inject it into their veins, and when they do, they come under significant risk of overdosing on heroin.

It is very easy to get addicted to heroin. Heroin gives one a rush of good feelings and happiness and makes one feel dreamy, think, and walk slowly. It can increase feelings of pleasure and well-being.

Heroin also stops an individual from feeling pain, thus its use for therapy.  For these reasons, people with anxiety, worries, and other stressors, as well as those who are in chronic pain, find comfort in using heroin. It’s very easy to increase tolerance to heroin and, thus, need more and more of it to maintain the effect and increase the risk of death from overdose.  An overdose of heroin could cause an individual to experience seizures, strokes, and cardiac arrest.

When is a test for heroin use required?

A drug test for opioid misuse, including for heroin, is required for various reasons.

• To monitor misuse of the dangerous substance which a doctor may have prescribed for pain management
• To determine who to hire or fire 
• As part of a criminal or motor vehicle accident investigation
• To monitor the progress of treatment for drug or alcohol use disorder
• To qualify professional athletes for sports competitions

How is heroin detected?

Testing samples of your blood, saliva, sweat, or hair may reveal that you are abusing heroin. Most tests require a urine sample. The urinalysis test strips may be used for at-home drug screening or in an office or laboratory setting. 

Where can I buy urine test strips?

To ensure quality and accuracy, get your supply from Ovus Medical. 

Ovus Medical’s test strips are designed to detect cut-off levels of 10 ng/ml and to comply with SAMHSA guidelines, making them a perfect tool for screening individuals undergoing treatment for heroin abuse.

Are urine test strips accurate?

The Ovus Medical Heroin Drug Test Strips can easily detect if a heroin metabolite called 6-acetylmorphine, or 6-AM, is in human urine. 6-AM is a metabolite that can only be seen in heroin and is rapidly produced by the body after heroin use. 

This heroin drug test strip rules out false negative results that could come out in other standard panel drug screenings. It can confirm heroin use even if the urine test strip results are negative for opiates.

Other than accuracy and reliability, there are many other advantages to using these drug test strips.

• Results in 5 minutes, and thus, no long queues.
• For home or office use. 
• Same-day shipping, Mondays through Fridays, if ordered before 3 pm.
• Affordable. Aside from its low price, bulk discounts are available
• Free shipping for orders from 200 units up  
• Cut-off: 10 ng/ml. 
• Forensic Use Only

How is Ovus Medical’s heroin drug testing done?

1. Remove the test strip from the unopened pouch. The test strip should be used within one hour after removing it from the package.
2. Hold the test strip on the part where you can see the product name. Do not touch the strip membrane with your bare hands to avoid contamination.
3. Dip the test strip upright in the cup containing the urine specimen for a minimum of 10–15 seconds. Do not dip the urinalysis test strip past the entire line (MAX) on the test strip.
4. A colour will appear across the membrane as you immerse the strip in the urine specimen.
5. After the test strip has finished processing, take it out of the urine specimen cup and place it on a non-absorbent,, flat surface. Start the timer and wait for the colored band(s) to appear. Within 5 minutes, you will be able to read the results. Refrain from attempting to interpret the outcome after ten minutes.

How is a Heroin test result interpreted?

• Two lines that form on the test strip are a negative test.
• A positive test is a single line that emerges opposite the control region.
• A single line that emerges opposite the test region, or none at all, is negative.