TOXICOLOGY TESTING
Medication monitoring identifies drugs and metabolites in a patient’s system to determine compliance with treatment plans. The combination of state-of-art equipment with our proprietary methodology results in accurate, rapid detection of over 80 compounds to have the results you need when you need them.
Medication management based on your unique patient population
We’ve developed a method to analyze your specific patient population. We present this analysis in our GRAV Report™ to recommend what you should be ordering and to substantiate why, should insurance companies ever question medical necessity.
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Gravity Diagnostics is a state-of-the art laboratory offering a comprehensive, customizable and compliant toxicology testing menu with over 90 different drug compounds validated on highly complex and selective LCMS/MS instrumentation for definitive drug confirmation.
We provide clinical data that can be utilized to detect both the presence or absence of prescribed medications as evidence of prescription regimen compliance or detect the presence of illicit or non-prescribed medications, in each patient sample.
Our toxicology testing services offer our providers:
• A comprehensive menu testing for a wide range of medications, their metabolites and illicit or non-prescribed substances
• Clinical data that can be used to assess patient compliance in medication management
• The ability to monitor medications for potentially harmful drug-to-drug interactions – some of which patients may forget to mention or choose to omit when providing medication history
• Detection or monitoring of substance abuse disorders
• Critical information to support therapeutic decision making when prescribing controlled substances
• Defensible results provided by following the most stringent quality guidelines and standards
• Rapid and industry-competitive turnaround times
• Historical summaries provided for testing for reoccurring patients
Our Methodologies for Toxicology Testing
LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY (LC/MS)
LC/MS is Gravity Diagnostics’ method of choice to definitively confirm the identity of analytes in urine samples. Our LC method allows us to separate 90+ different analytes and metabolites which are then fed into the Mass Spectrometer. The Mass Spectrometer breaks down the analytes into ions. Each analyte breaks down into a unique set of ions that can be pieced together to accurately and precisely determine the original identity of the ions.
ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY
Enzyme Immunoassays are Gravity Diagnostics’ method of screening urine samples. If an analyte or its metabolite are in the sample, an antibody will bond to it to form a complex. Once that complex interacts with an enzyme, the entire reaction changes color. While the color change is roughly related to the concentration of analytes in a sample, a confirmation is needed to accurately determine the specific analytes detected and their concentration.
URINE DRUG MONITORING
Urine Drug Monitoring is one of the best developed methods of testing in substance abuse programs due to its’ ability to detect analytes over a longer period of time, when compared to other methods. In addition to the extended detection window, Urine Drug Monitoring offers a wider array of metabolite detection allowing providers to better understand their specific patients’ need.
At Gravity Diagnostics, we are able to offer our Screening and LCMS Confirmation results at an industry-breaking 48 hours from receipt.
ORAL FLUID DRUG MONITORING
While Urine Drug Monitoring is considered to be most providers’ first choice, there are many factors and situations which would make obtaining a urine sample, not possible. For these situations, Gravity Diagnostics offers Oral Fluid Drug Monitoring with many of the same benefits as our Urine Drug Monitoring method.
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