Barbiturates Drug Test – Urine Dip Test
- The Barbiturates drug test is a one-step rapid drug test that detects the presence of barbiturates in human urine.
- They’re 99% accurate, safe, and easy to use.
- Get Barbiturate urine dip tests to enable users to perform Barbiturate testing with complete ease and without seeking assistance.
- The BAR drug dip tests provide quick results within five minutes.
- BAR urine tests possess a cutoff level of 300 ng/ml.
- This barbiturates drug test includes internal procedural controls.
- Barbiturates are also Detected on many multi drug test cups
- If there’s a sufficient amount of specimen and the procedure is followed properly, a barbiturates positive drug test result will show as a colored band in the control region.
- However, there are no external controls in this kit. That’s why we highly recommend further testing to verify positive results.
- Forensic use only
What are Barbiturates?
Barbiturates belong to a class of drugs known as central nervous system depressant . Doctors prescribe them for people suffering from insomnia, anxiety, and seizures.
Some of the known side effects include: Drowsiness, Headache, Low blood pressure (hypotension), Nausea, Sedation, and Skin rash
These drugs come in several forms and have different detection times.
- Long-acting: up to 15 days
- Intermediate-acting: 7 days
- Short-acting: 3 days
Side Effects
Well, as there are side effects to every drug, there are some common, others that are serious, and those rare, but very serious effects of barbiturates, too.
- Common side effects are drowsiness, headache, low blood pressure, skin rash, nausea, and sedation.
- Serious side effects of BAR are abnormally slow breathing, coma, or confusion, even hallucinations, and fainting.
- And the last, but the worst side effects of these drugs are Agranulocythosis, Erythroderma, liver injury, and megaloblastic anemia.
How to Use a Barbiturates Drug Test?
- Remove the drug test from its sealed pouch and use it as soon as possible. For best results, perform the assay within an hour.
- Next, hold the test by the end, where you can see the product name. To avoid contamination, do not touch the test membrane.
- Then, holding the test vertically, dip the test in the urine specimen for at least 10-15 seconds. Do not immerse above the maximum line (MAX) on the test. That’s about 1/5th of the way up the test.
- After the drug test has finished, remove the test from the specimen and place it on a non-absorbent flat surface. Start the timer and wait for the colored band(s) to appear. Read the result at 5 minutes. Do not interpret it after 10 minutes.