What are prescription drugs of abuse?
Prescription drugs of abuse are medicines (for example, Oxycodone or Valium) that are obtained legally with a doctor’s prescription, but are being taken for a non-medical purpose. Non-medical purposes include taking the medication for longer than your doctor prescribed it for or for a purpose other than what the doctor prescribed it for. Medications are not drugs of abuse if they are taken according to your doctor’s instructions. What type of test is this? This is a qualitative test — you find out if a particular drug may be in the urine, not how much is present. When should you do this test? You should use this test when you think someone you care about might be abusing prescription or illegal drugs. If you are worried about a specific drug, make sure to check the label to confirm that this test is designed to detect the drug you are looking for. How accurate is this test? The at-home testing part of this test is fairly sensitive to the presence of drugs in the urine. This means that
