Test ID: THCU Carboxy-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) Confirmation, Random, Urine
Helpful for Suggests medical problems or settings in which the test could be helpful
Verification of drug use involving delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (marijuana)
Clinical Suggestions Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general medical aspects, as they relate solely to a laboratory test
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) could be the active representative associated with popularly street that is abused, cannabis.
After use of the drug, either by breathing or ingestion, it really is metabolized to many different inactive chemical substances, one of those being delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol acid that is carboxylic.
In virtually all medico-legal situations as well as in assessment of workers, or if the client adamantly denies THC usage together with test that is immunoassay positive, verification associated with outcome by gasoline chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is necessary.
Guide Values Describes guide periods and more information for interpretation of test outcomes. Can include intervals according to age and intercourse whenever appropriate. Periods are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If a report that is interpretive supplied, the guide value industry will state this.
The current presence of tetrahydrocannabinol carboxylic acid (THC-COOH), a significant metabolite of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, in urine at levels more than 15.0 ng/mL is just a strong indicator that the in-patient has utilized marijuana. (suite…)