Saliva drug testing is getting to occupy a favorite position in drug testing because saliva concentrations are in equilibrium with the blood concentrations.  In this method of saliva swab drug test a piece of swab or absorbent material is placed sublingually under the donor’s mouth for just a minute and the swab is placed in a container meant for sample collection.  The swab is squeezed and the sample is forced in to the chamber where it will be exposed to antibodies that are specific to certain metabolites as designed by the manufacturer.  In cases where the sample will test positive for a particular drug onsite, then the sample is further sent for confirmatory analysis to the laboratory.

Saliva drug testing info is effective in cases of identifying recent usage of drugs; however, it might not be the same in cases of marijuana.  In cases of marijuana many a times those that have tested positive for marijuana in urine testing might test negative when they are tested orally.  So, apart from marijuana the rest of the samples can be counted on for accuracy of information when considering saliva vs urine drug testing.

There are many advantages with drug testing mouth swab like:
•    Cost is more or less similar to urine tests.
•    The sample can be obtained on-site and read for results onsite.
•    There is no trouble with having to have the donor to the bathroom.
•    There are very few options for cheating; even in cases where they are cheating they can be easily trapped with integrity testing.
•    The collection is pretty easy and non-interfering in privacy.

Saliva drug testing is pretty handy when it comes to therapeutic monitoring of drug levels.  Another major advantage with using saliva drug testing is early detection.  Let us consider a position where someone has smoked joint in their break, the active compound being THC will not show up in a blood test immediately and unless the cycle of metabolism is complete in the blood and the glomerulation is complete it will not show up in the bladder.  The person might test negative in urine and blood even if they leave home.  So, in such a case saliva drug testing will detect the metabolite early before you can test them positive in urine or blood.  The difference in time limit of early detection makes saliva testing more desirable except in cases of marijuana.

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