If you’re ask to take a urine drug test without being given much notice, the most important thing to realize is that modern drug testing methods have come a long way in recent years and today, they are much harder to pass than they once were in the past.
In the past, people were sometimes able to manipulate their test results by adding salt or bleach into their urine sample or by swapping it out and switching it with synthetic urine. But due to advancements in technology, methods such as these are no longer effective and it’s best to avoid attempting to try them.
However, that doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to pass a urine drug test in one week. Passing a drug test with very little time to prepare can be tricky, but fortunately, there are a few things you can do to improve your chances.
Below, we’re going to explain how urine testing works, what they are testing for, as well as how you can pass a urine test in less than a week.
How Urine Tests Work
Urine tests, otherwise known as urinalysis, are a series of tests performed on a person’s… You guessed it, pee!
Urinalysis can be used to test for anything from a person’s overall health and well-being to much more specific conditions such as pregnancy or even a person’s past drug use.
There are three different methods for screening a person’s urine. However, when it comes to testing for drugs, the most common method is to dip a plastic strip treated with chemicals into a person’s urine. The strip will have different chemicals on it which will react if there are any traces of specific drug metabolites detectable in the urine sample.
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What Urine Tests Look For
It’s important to understand that drug tests aren’t looking for just one type of drug. In fact, most modern urine tests will be screening for traces of THC and CBD, cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy and MDMA, opiates, as well as prescription drugs such as barbiturates and tricyclic antidepressants.
Therefore, if you’ve taken any of these drugs in the past couple of months, it’s important that you prepare yourself and clean out your system as best as you can before taking a urine test.
How to Pass a Urine Test Fast
Detoxification is the process of cleaning your bloodstream and ridding your system of any toxins such as the metabolites left over from last weekend’s drug and alcohol binge.
While there are no magic pills that will instantly detoxify your system, there are a few tricks you can use to pass a urine test on short notice. Keep in mind that if you’ve only used drugs once or twice in the past, you’ll have a significantly higher chance of passing a drug test than someone who is a regular drug user.
The first thing you need to do is to abstain from using whatever drugs as soon as you find out that you’ll have to take a drug test. The sooner you can allow your system to start cleaning itself out, the higher your chances of passing the test will be.
Also, if you still have a few days before the big test, you also need to start cleaning up your diet to help your body detoxify. As soon as you can, start eating healthy, fiber-rich foods such as spinach, kale and tomatoes. These foods are naturally high in antioxidants, which will help your body breakdown any remaining drug metabolites.
Sweating is another natural way that you can detoxify your system. Of course, to fully detox your system by sweating alone would take more than a week. But as soon as you know you’ll be taking a urine test, it’s a good idea to work out a little bit in order to break a sweat.
You can also try using a sauna bath to help raise your body temperature and sweat out some of the toxins. Just remember to avoid exercising or using the sauna the day before taking your urine test, if you’re trying to hide the fact that you’ve been smoking or using marijuana. The elevated heart rate and blood pressure has been known to actually increase the concentration of THC found in your system.
It’s also very important to stay properly hydrated. While there are many products on the market that claim to be able to detoxify your system, drinking plenty of water is the absolute best thing you can do.
The day before you take your urine test, you’ll need to drink about 2 to 3 liters of water. Then, the day of your test, try and just between 1 and 2 liters and urinate as much as possible.
You should also try to schedule your urine test for a later time in the day. During the night while you’re sleeping, the drug metabolites tend to build up in your system and your first urination of the day will likely have a much higher concentrations of drug metabolites than at a later time.
There are also plenty of detoxification products readily available online. But while many of these products claim to be able to help you pass a test in a short period of time, that doesn’t mean that they’re guaranteed to work.
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Threshold Limits
While the tips mentioned above can help you pass a urine test, there is one more important piece of information that might also help you understand how you can cheat a drug test.
Most modern drug tests are designed to detect traces of drugs at certain concentration limits. The threshold for this is usually at about 50 nanograms per milliliter. And while this is already a relatively low concentration, as long as you’re able to get your concentration levels below this limit, your test results will come back negative.
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