Kathy Buck

Pain management has a different testing problem from most of medicine. You are not screening for the unexpected so much as checking that a prescribed medication is present and nothing unprescribed is. Buprenorphine, methadone, oxycodone and benzodiazepine channels therefore matter more than a broad street-drug sweep, and fentanyl coverage is now close to standard. Panel […]

Oral fluid answers a different question than urine. A urine test finds THC-COOH, the metabolite the body makes after cannabis is processed, which is why it looks backwards over days. A saliva test finds parent THC still in the mouth, so it points at recent use instead. That is why post-accident and reasonable-suspicion programs reach

Bulk buyers look at EtG testing differently than families do. When a treatment network, monitoring service, or multi-site recovery housing operator is ordering thousands of tests a year, a ten-cent difference per strip becomes a four-figure line item, and shipping reliability matters as much as chemistry. The chemistry itself is settled: EtG strips detect ethyl

Treatment centers ask more of a drug test cup than almost any other buyer. Screening happens daily, budgets are tight, and the panel needs to reflect clinical reality: fentanyl in the drug supply, alcohol as the most common return-to-use substance, and buprenorphine monitoring for clients in medication-assisted treatment. A 12-panel cup with the right configuration

Fentanyl test strips have become a core harm-reduction tool because they answer one urgent question: is fentanyl present? Whether a syringe service program is stocking outreach kits, a family wants peace of mind, or an organization is buying thousands of strips at a time, price per strip and reliability are the two numbers that matter