Toxicology

The United States has seen an increase in overdose deaths due to Opioids and Synthetic Opioids. Since January 2015, the number of overdose deaths more than doubled in the U.S. (Products – Vital Statistics Rapid Release – Provisional Drug Overdose Data (cdc.gov). Prescribing medication and monitoring for pain and behavioral cases is crucial for patient treatment and can be difficult with delays in test results.

Meditech offers Presumptive Drug Screens and Confirmation via LCMS to assist with medication monitoring or substance abuse. Confirmation testing via LCMS allows for higher sensitivity and more precise drug monitoring and provides the concentrations or quantitative values of the drugs being used. Our laboratory has a state-of-the-art Triple Quad tandem LC-MS/MS instrument on site, allowing us to provide a 24-48 hour turnaround time once the specimen is received at the lab.

Samples can be packaged and shipped for testing.