Amphetamine Screen Urine Test

This test looks for amphetamine in your urine. Amphetamine is a drug that is responsible for triggering your central nervous system. It gets depicted easily in your urine even after a long time of your having taken it. Amphetamines contain methamphetamine (meth) and phentermine. Amphetamine is a commonly used street drug. It instills a feeling of high alertness and lot of energy in the user. Stimulants like amphetamine and methamphetamine can also instill the feeling of extreme happiness in the user. But it can also arise the feeling of extreme agitation in the users. Thus also result in them having delusions and hallucinations. Users tend to feel aggressive and paranoid. It could also result in them being violent. Abusing these drugs could also lead to some very serious health ailments. These include stroke, heart disease, convulsions, and severe tooth decay.

This test requires a urine sample to be tested in a lab. Many factors could affect your lab test results. This even comprises the method each lab uses to conduct the test. Even if test results differ from the normal value, it could not indicate towards any major problem. To understand what the results hold for you, conversing with your healthcare provider could help. Healthcare providers diagnose amphetamine use disorder only after a physical diagnose. This includes discussing your personal history and talking with you. If you have an issue with amphetamine use, your health provider can suggest treatment for addiction, drug use disorder, or depression.

Amphetamine also has utility for health. Healthcare providers sometimes use the drug in small doses for people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Healthcare providers may also recommend the drug to treat depression, obesity, and narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder marked by falling into a sudden deep sleep in places or at times when you should avoid it.

Urine specimens are collected As part of the intake process to confirm a newly admitted client's substance use history As a routine part of therapy To locate an intoxicated client or confirm abstinence Each intensive outpatient treatment (IOT) program should go for a schedule of urine testing that consider for Federal and State requirements (e.g., for methadone programs) and balances the therapeutic considerations of the population being served with costs to the program or payer. Clients should go for more frequent monitoring during the early stages of treatment when the motive to achieve abstinence exists but still may be using substances. Routine specimen collection after admission should take place in conjunction with regular clinic visits.