Provides on-site drug and alcohol testing products and assists in the implementation of drug and alcohol policies in the workplace.
Cosmetic and medical products that get in contact with our skin are absorbed through the skin, get in the blood stream and can accumulate in high quantities in different parts of our bodies. The absorption of substances from outside the skin to positions beneath the skin, including entrance to the blood stream, is referred to [...]
The drug Trasylol, manufactured by Bayer Pharmaceuticals is a great example of the poor testing standards that the medical industry currently exudes. Trasylol was a popular drug used in heart bypass surgeries to control the amount of bleeding. However it was found that Trasylol directly caused kidney complications and failure in those who were administered [...]
Toronto, Canada – BTNX Inc. has launched a series of Rapid Response® advanced FDA approved in-vitro diagnostic drugs of abuse tests, which are used for home, professional and corporation point of care drugs of abuse testing.The drug tests can easily detect any of Amphetamine, Barbiturate, Benzodiazepine, Buprenorphine, Cocaine, Ecstasy, EDDP (Methadone Metabolite), Heroin, Marijuana, Methadone, [...]
Dilaudid is the trade name of hydromorphone hydrochloride which is a hydrogenated ketone of morphine that is used as an opioid analgesic to treat moderate to severe pain. White coat clad chaps call it 4, 5?-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17 methylmorphinan-6-one hydrochloride in their language.Some bacteria have been shown to be able to turn morphine into hydromorphone. As reported [...]
How the Drug WorksGlucose does not normally appear in the urine, but when too much glucose builds up in the blood, the excess spills over from the kidney into the urine where it can be detected by specially designed plastic test strips and reagent tablets containing chemicals which detect glucose in urine. Color changes occur [...]
Preface A growing industrial demand for high throughput screening of new molecular entities (NME) has spurred great advances in various divisions of scientific development. Researchers has begun to combine various scientific methods to meet the competitive demands in modern drug development, and as a consequence optimized individual phases of drug development. Technological improvements should ensure high quality [...]
We trust our physicians to prescribe us with only the best medications; ones that will cause little to no ill side effects and help us recover in a timely fashion. However, often due to no fault of our doctors, even FDA approved medications are found to be defective, resulting in personal injury and the wrongful [...]
Excessive consumption of alcohol has various effects on social environment. Consuming alcohol in the inappropriate times such as, while driving, or operating machines, or in working hours can lead to accidents, loss of work, and may be even more fatal.Problems Raised By Alcohol AbuseThere are many consequences of abusing alcoholic beverages on social environment, which [...]
Millions of patients worldwide are swallowing pills that are either substandard or fake and this can kill them.This warning comes from the World Health Organization (WHO) that recently called for an immediate global action against the growing epidemic of fake and substandard medicines that are flooding the market, silently killing millions of unwary consumers in [...]
Sometimes vast amounts of time and money expended on research and development of a new drug, exclusive manufacturing patents are given to drug companies for new products. This allows the developing company a chance to be the only source for a new medical treatment for a number of years.This time will vary. A patent in [...]