Rapid (OPI-MOR-HER) Opiates-Heroin-Morphine Drug Test (Strip) description:

The Opiates-Heroin-Morphine Drug Test (OPI-MOR-HER Drug Test), or The Cortez Diagnostics, Inc. DOA (Drug of Abuse) test, is an immunochromatography based one step in vitro test. The Opiates-Heroin-Morphine drug test is designed for qualitative determination of opiates-heroin-morphine drug substances in human urine specimen. This assay may be used in the point of care setting.

Opiate Opioid analgesics are comprised of a large group of substances that control pain by depressing the central nervous system. Acute high doses of opiates-heroin-morphine drugs used by abusers or addicts can cause depressed coordination, disrupted decision, decreased respiration, hypothermia and coma. The drug Morphine is excreted unmetabolized and is the marker metabolic product of opiate drugs.  The drug Morphine and the drug morphine glucuronide are detectable in urine for several days after opiate drug dose.

The Opiates-Heroin-Morphine Drug Testing device is based on the principle of specific immunochemical reaction between antibodies and antigens to analyze particular compounds in human urine specimen. The assay relies on the competition for binding antibody between drug conjugate and free drug which may be present in the urine specimen being tested.  When an opiate-heroin-morphine drug is present in the urine specimen, it competes with drug conjugate for the limited amount of antibody-dye conjugate. When the amount of the opiate-heroin-morphine drug is equal or more than the cut-off, it will prevent the binding of drug conjugate to the antibody. Therefore, a positive urine specimen on the Opiates-Heroin-Morphine Drug Test will not show a colored band on the test line zone, indicating a positive result, while the presence of a colored band indicates a negative result.  A control line is present in the test window to work as procedural control. This colored band should always appear on the control line zone if the Opiates-Heroin-Morphine drug testing device is stored in good condition and the Opiates-Heroin-Morphine drug test is performed appropriately.

This Opiates-Heroin-Morphine Drug Test (OPI-MOR-HER Drug Test) provides only a preliminary analytical test result. A more specific alternative chemical method must be used in order to obtain a confirmed analytical result. Gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry (GC/MS) has been established as the preferred confirmatory method by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Clinical consideration and professional judgment should be applied to any drug of abuse test result, particularly when preliminary positive results are indicated.

The optional built-in Adulteration Test is for validation of urine specimen’s integrity and must not be used for In Vitro diagnostic use. The cutoff level for this Opiates-Heroin-Morphine Drug Test (OPI-MOR-HER Drug Test) is 300 ng/ml of morphine.  For customized cutoff level opiates-heroin-morphine drug tests, please contact Customer Service.  This Opiates-Heroin-Morphine Drug Test (OPI-MOR-HER Drug Test) is available in multi-panel, cassette, strip, or cup format.