November 2012

Interpretation of Confirmed Opiate Results

Dr. Joseph E. Graas, Scientific Director
Dr. Edward Moore, Medical Director

To help programs better interpret Opiate patient results (after a confirmation test has been performed on a sample that has screened positive for Opiates), SDRL has created the below chart. As an example, a patient’s sample confirming positive for Morphine and 6-MAM would be the result of that patient consuming/using heroin.