Benzodiazepines (Urine)

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Does this check produce other names?

Benzodiazepine urine toxicology display

What is that this check?

It is a urine check to examine for a kind of drugs referred to as benzodiazepine. Benzodiazepines (behn-zoh-di-AZ-uh-peens) are medicines that depress the central nervous system. They’re used to sedate sufferers, assist them sleep, forestall seizures, ease anxiousness, and chill out muscle spasms. You may additionally hear these medicines referred to as tranquilizers, sleeping capsules, and muscle relaxants.   

Examples of widespread medicines for anxiousness, muscle pressure, and seizures embody:

  • Alprazolam

  • Chlordiazepoxide

  • Clonazepam

  • Clorazepate

  • Diazepam

  • Lorazepam

  • Oxazepam

Examples of widespread medicines for calmness and sleep embody:

  • Temazepam

  • Triazolam

  • Flurazepam

  • Estazolam

These medicines are additionally typically used illegally. Avenue names for these medicines embody “downers,” “benzos,” “nerve capsules,” “sweet,” and “tranks.” Power abuse of benzodiazepines can result in habit. Utilizing these medicines with different depressants like alcohol may be deadly.

Why do I would like this check?

You might want this check when you’ve got signs of an overdose even when you’ve got been prescribed one among these medicines. Signs of overdose can embody:

You may additionally have this check if a healthcare supplier thinks you’re abusing these medicines or utilizing them illegally.

If in case you have indicators as above, you might also have this check as a part of a drug display to examine for different generally abused medicines. These screens typically embody exams for:

  • Cocaine

  • Opioids

  • Amphetamines

  • Barbiturates

  • Marijuana

  • Phencyclidine

In case you are acutely aware and capable of speak, you may give data to assist your healthcare suppliers work out the fitting check for you. For instance, in case you are a sufferer of sexual assault, you could have this check to see if somebody put a benzodiazepine date rape drug, comparable to flunitrazepam (Rohypnol or “roofie”), into your drink.

You may also be examined if suppliers suppose you have got taken benzodiazepines by accident or in a suicide try. 

Totally different benzodiazepines have totally different doses, starting from 0.5 to 50 milligrams (mg). Overdoses of 10 to twenty instances the prescribed dose of some benzodiazepines may cause a light coma. They do not trigger sluggish or shallow respiration. Most individuals get well. However overdoses of fast-acting benzodiazepines, comparable to triazolam, usually tend to trigger respiration issues and even dying.

What different exams may I’ve together with this check?

You may additionally have a glucose check to examine your blood sugar. 

A benzodiazepine overdose alone is unlikely to trigger coma or extreme coronary heart or lung perform issues. If in case you have these signs, a healthcare supplier might display for different medication and check for causes of central nervous system issues that aren’t attributable to medication or medication.

You may additionally have a blood check for benzodiazepines. In some instances, it could be extra sensible to take a blood pattern than a urine pattern. Blood exams are additionally tougher for an individual to change so as to cover their drug abuse.

Which exams you have got will depend on your examination and data that you’ll be able to present. 

What do my check outcomes imply?

Check outcomes might range relying in your age, gender, well being historical past, and different issues. Your check outcomes could also be totally different relying on the lab used. They might not imply you have got an issue. Ask your healthcare supplier what your check outcomes imply for you.

A typical benzodiazepine urine check can discover benzodiazepines or their break-down merchandise, referred to as metabolites. However this can be a very complicated check.

A optimistic check consequence implies that the check discovered the medication’s metabolite in your urine on the time the urine pattern was taken. The quantity discovered known as the brink focus. This implies there was sufficient metabolite to measure. It doesn’t imply the quantity was sufficient to point out you’re actively utilizing the medication. The time it takes for a substance to point out up within the urine varies by medication. It might present up inside minutes of taking the medication, and it may final for days.

The presence of benzodiazepines varies rather a lot by every medication’s half-life. Half-life means the period of time it takes for half of the medication to be eradicated from the physique. Diazepam, for instance, may be discovered for weeks after the final dose.

Though most benzodiazepines present up in commonplace urine exams, some do not. Alprazolam, clonazepam, temazepam, and triazolam will not be present in most of the widespread exams. Many benzodiazepine exams can discover whether or not the medication is current, however they can not give the quantity.

A drugs referred to as flumazenil could also be used as an antidote to the sedative results of benzodiazepines. It should not be utilized in individuals who have been taking benzodiazepines over an extended interval to manage seizures. In these instances, flumazenil may trigger withdrawal that might result in dying. 

How is that this check performed?

This check is finished with a urine pattern. Observe your healthcare supplier’s directions for amassing and storing the pattern. In some instances, you could have to offer a pattern within the presence of a lab worker.

Does this check pose any dangers?

This check poses no identified dangers.

What may have an effect on my check outcomes?

Another medicines may cause a false optimistic end in benzodiazepine urine exams. These medicines embody:

  • Tolmetin

  • Naproxen

  • Etodolac

  • Fenoprofen

  • Oxaprozin

  • Sertraline

How do I prepare for this check?

You do not want to organize for this check. However make sure the lab technician and your healthcare supplier know all of the medicines, herbs, nutritional vitamins, and dietary supplements you’re taking. This contains medicines that don’t want a prescription and any unlawful medication it’s possible you’ll use.