I have a potential employer that will be doing a drug screen by swabing the inside of my mouth. I've never heard this before, I always thought you had to pee in cup for a urinalyisis. Is this accurate? or are they testing for something else and calling it a drug screening? I don't do any drugs so that is not a problem.
2006-10-26 06:38:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Quite a few medications can detected via saliva, and it's growing popularity for spot checks because it's easier to administer and you have less chance of tampering (patients substituting urine etc)
Here's s list of a few that will show
· Amphetamines (including Methamphetamine and Ecstasy)
· Cannabinoids (Marijuana)
· Cocaine
· Opiates (such as Codeine, Morphine, Heroin, Oxycodone, Vidcodin, etc.)
· Phencyclidine (PCP)
2006-10-26 06:52:30 · answer #1 · answered by Javelinl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I use to be an insurance agent and we use to do swab tests for drugs. It is a DNA drug test. It can tell if you have used drugs within the last 6 months to a year (I think that's how far back) they are extremely accurate and not uncommon.. If you have done drugs it will not get past this test..and I don't know anyway around it like the hair strand test or urine test.
2006-10-26 13:50:26 · answer #2 · answered by thegoodwitchmm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of swabbing the mouth for drug screening, that sounds more like dna test. I have heard of a hair sample being used for screening though.
2006-10-26 13:42:53 · answer #3 · answered by ŚţΰāŔţ ● Ŧ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't heard of a mouth swab for a drug test. I had to have a mouth swab when getting approved for life insurance. The salesman told me it was an HIV test.
2006-10-26 13:46:46 · answer #4 · answered by LadyDeathStryke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i am an employee for a very prestigious business. And i too had to have a mouth swab for a drug test.. if you google just mouth swabbing and it will explain why..... peace
2006-10-26 13:58:16 · answer #5 · answered by canifloss 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I had this one done. Its no big deal. I find it better than having to pee in a cup. They taste kind of funny but other than that its a piece of cake. They are doing the same drug tests as the pee test.
2006-10-26 13:48:20 · answer #6 · answered by smile4u 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can also drug test by using hair samples. The swab test, as far as I know, is for a DNA sample.
2006-10-26 13:42:17 · answer #7 · answered by tumbleweed1954 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then don't worry. Maybe they are nabbing your DNA for future criminal investigations.
2006-10-26 13:47:00 · answer #8 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋