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Urine drug testing for buprenorphine (in Suboxone) by SuboxDoc Patient Expert

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Posted Fri 29 Jan 2010 5:58pm

1 Comment I will introduce this topic by typing my response to a reader who asked whether buprenorphine, the active ingredient in Suboxone, shows up in urine drug tests. More specifically he asked whether companies have the ability to test for buprenorphine. I will end the post with a question… so please stick around to the end! Typical 10-panel urine Read on »

Are there any new treatments for frequent urination at night? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:12pm Yes, a study from Taiwan shows that a simple nasal spray controls nighttime urination in men who were not helped by drugs usually prescribed by physicians today. At night... that they help. However, a very large percentage of older men go from doctor to doctor and are unable to find a drug that will control their night-time urination. Researchers in Taiwan Read on »

Paucis Verbis card: Urine Toxicology Screen by Michelle Lin Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 23 Jul 2010 12:00am rather forthcoming about their drug use, if they are alert enough to talk. In those cases, ordering a urine toxicology screen is unnecessary. When you do order a tox screen... a patient with urine toxicology remain positive for the drugs? Are there any medications that can cause false positives? See the helpful table below from a great review article Read on »

Coca tea Consumption Causes Positive Urine Cocaine Assay. by Diana .. Posted Mon 25 Aug 2008 6:28pm ng/ml, the National Institute on Drug Abuse standard. RESULTS: Each participant's urine cocaine assay was positive (level exceeding 300 ng/ml) by 2 h after ingestion... seller most likely). If you are a Coca Tea drinker, it is important to be knowledgeable: Coca tea Consumption Causes Positive Urine Cocaine Assay. Healthcare Read on »

405 running- fast day 9 complete- Urine therapy by stevenluch Posted Mon 10 May 2010 12:00am or recreational drugs. The combination may be dangerous to your health. If you are taking any form of allopathic medicine, begin with the external application (urine massage) until you... of these substances. Urine is simply a healthy liquid which is filtered out of the bloodstream. What at one moment was part of the blood can be found in urine a split second later. Certain Read on »

purple urine by Martin Eastwood Posted Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:11pm Coloured urine can be a dilemma to diagnose. Beeturia, red urine after eating beetroot is well known and the dark urine of dehydration also. Purple urine has been reported after patient catheterisation. It is commoner in women, alkaline urine , constipation, plastic urinary catheterisation and certain bacteria e.g. E Coli , P mirabilis Read on »

Urine Anion Gap by Matt S. Posted Tue 09 Dec 2008 12:00am The urine anion gap is calculated as follows: [urine Na] + [urine K] - [urine Cl]. Think about the urine anion gap much as you think about the serum anion gap. The urine anion gap is really determining unmeasured anions - unmeasured cations. The major unmeasured cation in the urine is ammonium ion, which is how the kidneys get rid Read on »

Importance of urine microalbumin test for diabetics!!!! by Dr. Virashri R. Complimentary & Alternative Medicine

Posted Wed 24 Jun 2009 12:13pm

1 Comment A urine microalbumin test reveals important information about your kidneys. Healthy kidneys filter waste products from your blood. If your kidneys become damaged, some of these waste products may remain in your blood. At the same time, a type of protein called albumin — which should stay in your blood — leaks into your urine. The microalbumin test Read on »

Differential Diagnosis of Red Urine by Matt S. Posted Tue 22 Dec 2009 12:00am . The differential for heme-negative red urine includes some more esoteric diagnoses: acute porphyria, ingestion of beets or certain food colorants, drugs (e.g., rifampin, pyridium... Red urine: it's not always hematuria. The first step in evaluating the patient who complains of grossly red urine is to perform a standard urinalysis, focusing Read on »

Urine eosinophils by Matt S. Posted Fri 15 Aug 2008 12:00am Eosinophils in the urine can be detected by applying a Hansel's stain to the urine sediment. The presence of >1% eosinophils of the total urine WBCs constitute a positive test. In general, the same things which cause +urine eosinophils may also show elevated serum eosinophils, and in my limited experience it is the presence of SERUM eosinophilia Read on »