Hi Tami,

From what you’ve shared it sounds like the 15 panel hair test is what you need. The 15 panel hair test includes both ecstasy and ketamine. Your coworker is correct, special k is a very popular code name for ketamine. Ketamine, MDMA (ecstasy), LSD and mushrooms are all popular hallucinogens. These are often used at festivals because they heighten sensation in user and can alter perceptions of time and space. Forms and colors can even take on a new importance for users. Overdose of these hallucinogens can lead to seizures, a coma or even death. It is very important to find out if your daughter is abusing these hallucinogens as overdose consequences can be dire. Please contact our office so that we can discuss location in the DC area.

Hi Timothy,

Here at AMH Nationwide we will be happy to help you with a 12 panel hair follicle test during this difficult time.  Unfortunately, healthy individuals who become addicted to opioids after some kind of medical procedure is not uncommon. Tramadol is a synthetic pharmaceutical drug commonly prescribe by doctors for pain management because it has a lower risk for addiction and respiratory depression. It is actually sometimes used to treat opioid withdrawal. Tramadol is only about 10-25 percent as potent as morphine. Although tramadol is considered a weaker opioid, abuse or addiction can lead to fatal risks. Tramadol abuse has been linked to hypertension, serotonin syndrome, seizures and mania activation. Seizures usually occur within the first couple of hours of abuse. If your wife’s seizure was from tramadol abuse she likely ingested it right before. Abuser are 5 times more likely to experience these seizures. I recommend getting your wife tested as soon as possible. The quicker you can prove the cause of this seizure the safer. We recommend contacting a health professional right away as the seizures may not be due to tramadol abuse.  Feel free to contact our office at anytime for more information on how to set up this test in the Houston area.

Hi Rita,

I completely understand your concern for your grandchildren’s wellbeing. Our 16 panel hair follicle test does include both fentanyl and suboxone  Fentanyl is a highly addictive synthetic opioid. Fentanyl is very dangerous as it is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin. Itcan be sniffed, taken orally as a tablet, injected or smoked. Fentanyl has been used as a replacement for heroin, used with heroin, and used to produce fake pharmaceutical tablets.

Your son could’ve very well been exposed to fentanyl second hand.  Even small amounts of fentanyl can cause adverse affects because of its potency. Fentanyl can be absorbed through the body by contact with mucus membranes, inhalation and transdermal transmission (through the skin). First responders are often directed by the DEA or even directed to use gloves or to not disturb the fentanyl at all because of these hazardous risks. Although it is less likely because of his history with abuse, if your son was a group drug user and he is still hanging out with that group he could be getting exposed to the drug second hand that way. Please contact our office so that we can further assist you with this 16 panel hair follicle test and any other information on fentanyl.

Hello Madison,

Here at AMH we assist a lot of parents in child custody cases. We understand that this can be a stressful time. We will do everything in our power to simplify this portion of your your fight for custody. The ETG  hair test that we offer is a lab base test and it will hold up in court. We do not have an ethanol hair test. Ethanol is very volatile, so it cannot be used as an analyte. Ethanol itself does not incorporate into the hair shaft. Ethyl glucuronide is a metabolite of ethanol.

Although it most likely will not alter your results much, some studies suggest that bleaching and dying hair can reduce the portion of negative results in women. This is likely due to the damage that these cosmetic treatment cause to the follicle itself. For this test we will need about 2- 3 inches of head hair. The detection time for this test is about 3 months. Please contact our office so that we can discuss this matter further.

Hi Raylene,

I can certainly help you with your question on a 9 panel hair test. This is actually a really good/common question. Poppy seeds are commonly used in bakery products and as toppings for desserts. Poppy seeds come from the seed pods of opium plants which means they can be contaminated with morphine from the opium milk. The concentration levels from the seeds themselves are very low. An individual would not typically feel the effects of the morphine.

Bad harvesting practices could increase the concentrations of morphine as well as other opium alkaloids like codeine. Unfortunately, this information will not help your claim. The 9 panel hair test uses GCMS technology that would be able to detect what specific opioid in your hair follicle. Heroin isn’t typically carried on poppy seeds. However, if its been 4 months since your last exposure a 3 month hair test may still work. I would recommend getting tested as soon as possible. Please call our office and we will be happy to assist.

Hi Samantha,

I certainly understand your concern in taking this 12 panel hair test. The idea that hair with thicker texture would hold on to a substance longer is a logical argument but this is still a 90 day test. This potential racial bias has been brought up in court cases for nearly two decades.

Race though a strong sociological and psychological force, it usually has little to do with biological processes. Scientist have tested this idea in many different studies. Most of these studies have concluded that there is no significant difference in hair drug testing from one ethic group to another. Most claims that conclude otherwise have very weak evidence/support. If you haven’t used tramadol in six month then a 90 day hair test should result in a negative. However, everyone’s body metabolizes drugs differently independent of their ethic group. If you would like to know for certain please contact our office and we will be happy to discuss your particular situation in more detail.

Hello Annette,

A 14 panel hair test would be the best test for disputing this result. A blood drug test and a 14 panel hair test are not comparable as a blood drug test have much shorter detection times. It is unlikely that your husband was given fentanyl while hospitalized for pneumonia. Fentanyl is synthetic pharmaceutical drug used to reduce severe pain. It is very similar to morphine and heroin but it is much more potent.

Fentanyl is often used to surpass other opioid tolerance levels. It increases the risk for overdose because of its potency. Fentanyl has been known to be mixed with street drugs like heroin and cocaine to increase their potency. Your husband may have been expose to it this way without his knowledge. If you would like more information on this topic please contact our office and we will be happy to discuss this in further detail.

Hi Chelsea,

Based off the information that you’ve shared an ETG hair follicle test is going to be the best option for you. Although an ETG hair follicle test does have a detection time of 3 months. The fingernail ETG test tends to go back further than the ETG hair follicle test. Both tests are great for determining long term usage of alcohol because alcohol’s direct metabolite ethyl glucuronide collects in these keratinous matrices. Since fingernails tend to grow slower than hair, more ethyl glucuronide can accumulate in nails.

Also, keep in mind these tests are not ideal for detecting light usage so a one time exposure is less likely to show up. The only way to be certain there isn’t a presence of ethyl glucuronide in your hair and nails is to be tested. Contact our office at your earliest convenience and we will be happy to discus this in further detail with you.

Hi Jefferson,

We can definitely help explain some of this research you have found. The ETG hair test is going to be the best option for your situation. The other biomarkers that you mentioned, glutamyl transferase (GGT) and amino transferase (AST-GOT) are indirect biomarkers of alcohol. These indirect biomarkers  are influenced by age gender and somatic pathologies.

The ETG hair test is preferred because this metabolite of alcohol reflects the presence of alcohol without bias. As whether or not this incident will show up, the short answer is there is no way to know for sure. While hair test aren’t ideal for testing for light usage everyone’s body metabolizes a substance differently. I would recommend being tested first so that we can speak in a more definite way once we have her results. We have a lot of options in the Charlotte area. Please contact our office directly and we will be happy to discuss options with you.

Hi Tanya,

Your lawyer is correct, if you need to test for Fentanyl a 14 panel hair follicle test is the test you need. Hair test are preferred over urine test (especially in child custody cases) for a number of reasons. The most significant benefit of a hair test is it’s detection time. Urine and blood samples have a limited window for detection time whereas hair test are mostly only limited by the length of the donor’s hair. Your lawyer wants to make sure that the test uses GC-MS technology because it provides advantages in sensitivity and specificity. This is important especially in case like this because it prevent ambiguity.

Typically, GC-MS uses electron ionization but it can also use a positive and negative chemical ionization. These advantages make GC-MS technology essential for sensitive case like yours, especially when the threat of manipulation is a concern. I would love to discuss this case in more detail with you. Contact our office at anytime 877.731.6376