Oxycontin Addiction Treatment

Urine Testing

Most basic drug urine tests that test for "opiates" detect morphine, which both heroin and codeine break down into. Morphine is not a major metabolite of oxycodone, so these standard opiate tests generally do not succesfully detect low to moderate oxycodone use.

However, several inexpensive urine drug tests are currently available that also test for oxycodone, with a detection cutoff of 100 ng/mL. Oxycodone is also detectable by more expensive (and more rare) GC/MS and HPLC laboratoray testing.

High dose or frequent recent use of oxycodone may leave enough morphine in the body to be detected even by basic tests.

Different people metabolize the drug at different rates, so the time frame regarding how long oxycontin does stay in your system may vary between individuals. The following factors are responsible for the varied metabolic rate in different individuals:
· Age of the person
· Weight of the person
· Amount consumed by the person
· Number of doses consumed
· Overall health condition
· Metabolism rate of the body
· Tolerance to alcohol or drugs
· How the drug was consumed [swallowed, injected, inhaled or smoked]