i know its a stupid question but i need to know O: plz :D
2007-11-21 14:50:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Inhaled corticosteroids usually don't reach easily detectable levels in the urine, and would be very hard to detect in the blood (urine tends to concentrate chemicals and their byproducts). However, some labs have developed detection protocols for research (usually how inhaled corticosteorids after children). One study is http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/content/full/50/12/2345
Of course, these are NOT the steroids use for athletic performance enhancement, unless you are an asthmatic.
2007-11-21 15:50:51 · answer #1 · answered by mongoose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Research labs could. Standard laboratories would not. The reason is that no one (outside of researchers) cares if you're on a steroid inhaler or not so no one has bothered to market a blood or urine test for this.
Bear in mind that steroid inhalers are corticosteroids which have multiple legitimate medical uses. The other kind (the kind the athletes abuse) is anabolic steroids and these have limited medical uses so sometimes people are tested for these - usually at the level of professional competition only.
2007-11-22 00:17:54 · answer #2 · answered by Doxycycline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, they can...but they can tell it is a steroid from an inhaler and not a bad steroid
2007-11-21 23:11:03 · answer #3 · answered by gretch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, anything that goes into your body can be detected!
2007-11-21 23:21:26 · answer #4 · answered by Tabatha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋