Genotox Laboratories Verified Drug-Testing: Fighting Against Opioid Abuse

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the misuse of opioids contributes to nearly 50, 000 deaths each year. This, on top of a rising strain on public health and economic systems, has only worsened the issue. The total economic burden including the costs of healthcare, lost productivity, addiction treatment, and criminal justice involvement totals over $70 billion. 

This epidemic, which more specifically involves the addiction and misuse of prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids like fentanyl began in the late 1990s when pharmaceutical companies reassured the medical community of their nonaddictive nature. Now, in 2021 it’s clear that these medications are in fact highly addictive and potentially harmful.

Besides careful administration and appropriate counseling, the most effective diagnostic for uncovering the misuse or abuse of opioids is urine-drug testing. Unfortunately, this naturally effective method can still be cheated and abused. 

The sheer amount of products and information on ‘how to cheat a drug test’ only further encourages the unlawful abuse and mistreatment of these medications. In most cases, fraudulently passing a drug test requires a synthetic or substitute urine that often slips through tests unscathed. 

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Luckily, at Genotox Laboratories, a team of medical professionals has developed an answer to the ongoing issue of drug-test-cheating. While watching someone pee in a cup, gathering saliva, blood, and hair samples have advantages, the real truth lies in DNA. 

Next GenUDT ToxProtect

NextGenUDT featuring ToxProtect is a DNA-verified Urine Drug Testing (UDT) definitively authenticates samples, reveals mislabeling errors, and detects urine sample substitutions. By adding a quick, one-time cheek swab to the urine collection process, a patient’s DNA can be matched to the DNA in the urine sample. 

Utilizing genomic cross-verification to definitively match a urine sample to its donor helps to accurately detect over 100 controlled substances and reveals the presence of synthetic or substitute human urine. The precise sample authenticity with 100% certainty represents the most important innovation for urine drug testing in the last decade. 

The Reality

“With 91 people dying every day from opioids we must rethink every part of the solution,” McCarty, a board-certified physician specializing in pain management and the CEO of Genotox Laboratories says, “Using urine-drug testing that eliminates the risks of sample substitution by those motivated to do so will be a strong step in the right direction.”

ToxProtect can help physicians confidently resolve suspicious behavior, intervene early, and protect at-risk patients from escalating abuse. Understanding exactly how to assess and treat the root of patients’ opioid addiction is imperative.  For more information about ToxProtect DNA-verified Urine Drug Testing (UDT) or the future of Telehealth solutions, visit https://genotoxlabs.com/nextgenudt/ or get in touch via info@genotoxlabs.com today.

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Genotox Laboratories ToxDirect TRUTH™: The Best No-Contact At-Home Drug Test

Drug testing often has it’s physical and scientific limitations. At times, tests can be expensive, rigorously time-consuming, and inaccurate.

Luckily, in an age of social and physical distancing, Genotox Laboratories have developed a state-of-art turn-key toxicology solution designed for healthcare professionals who:

  1. Need to monitor telemedicine patients remotely.
  2. Need to Drug Test at a Distance during “shelter in place” mandates.
  3. Prefer to eliminate urine and/or oral fluid collections from taking place within their clinic.

TRUTH™ is the industries first no contact, at home drug testing service with on-demand test results delivered to a clinician’s EMR or web portal. This means you receive all the clinical data you need using a no-contact distance testing method.

Beyond that, Genotox TRUTH™ technology utilizes DNA-verified Urine Drug Testing (UDT) that definitively authenticates samples, reveals mislabeling errors, and detecting potential urine sample substitutions.

Combining a one-time cheek swab with the urine collection process utilizes genomic cross-verification to match a urine sample to its donor. This method of testing can detect over 100 controlled substances. ToxProtect also reveals the presence of synthetic or substitute human urine.

For more information on sample collection procedures visit the following instructional videos:

  1. TRUTH™ swab collection instructions
  2. TRUTH™ urine collection instructions

To get started visit MyTruthTest.com, or for more information contact us


COVID-19 Testing In AUSTIN, TEXAS.

Genotox Labs has the capacity to deliver 1,500 COVID-19 tests per day.

We’re proud to launch our COVID-19 molecular testing services!

These services will offer convenient access to the most accurate test available with fast results. Are you trying to safely get back to family, school, or work? We can help.

Genotox Labs has announced the capacity to complete 1,500 COVID-19 tests per day.

“Our experience has shown that people want a test and a time-frame they can trust,” said Matthew McCarty, MD, founder and CEO of Genotox Labs. “We have the testing experience, and the highly efficient purpose-built workflows delivering accelerated turn-around time to ensure you know the truth as soon as possible, rather than waiting up to ten days or more in some cases,” he added.

Please reach out to us at info@genotoxlabs.com

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About Genotox Labs

With 27 combined years of experience as a board-certified anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician, Matthew McCarty, MD became aware of the growing need for enhanced medication monitoring and personalized medicine. As a result, he founded Genotox Laboratories in 2012.

After extensive use of toxicology testing in his practice, Dr. McCarty realized that a better screening assay was essential for verifying UDT sample authenticity. Leveraging the power of molecular diagnostic testing, he invented and co-developed ToxProtect, the first patent pending DNA-authenticated urine drug test.

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Urine Drug Testing is the future of addiction medicine

“Urine Drug testing is the technology of addiction medicine, it is vastly underutilized, both in terms of prevention and treatment.” – Robert L. DuPont, MD

The common tampering and falsification efforts to hide true drug test results include: real human urine sample substitution, synthetic urine sample substitution, “pill scraping”, dilution, oxidizer adulteration, and timing of substance use around the drug test schedule.

Urine drug testing solutions exist today that precisely address all of the above.

In what other area of life would we actively choose an inferior solution when the aforementioned solution is critical to achieving the desired outcome?

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ToxDirect™ at home drug testing service powered by Truth™

ToxDirect™ at home drug testing service powered by Truth™ is featured in the news!

Genotox Labs uses DNA for accurate at home drug tests.

“Providers, at different rates, are realizing this [pandemic] isn’t going away tomorrow,” Genotox Laboratories chief operating officer Shawn Lunney tells Addiction Professional.

“If everybody is really interested in having the highest level of resolution and the most accurate drug test, you could see this sticking around and having long-term potential.”

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Drug Testing

Why Drug Testing at Home May be the New Norm

The COVID-19 Pandemic has created a new “normal” for most of us. For healthcare system stakeholders, the panic resulted in a reactive adoption of telemedicine tools to bridge the gap of no contact, distance care.

As governments loosen shelter in place restrictions and businesses re-open, are we assuming that we will snap back to the old way of healthcare delivery? Is it safe to assume that 100% of patients will return to clinics to receive care? A March 2020 survey by Sage Growth Partners revealed that 36% of patients would switch their care provider in order to have access to virtual care. Is the new “normal” a hybrid of in person + remote care?

It’s evident that the consumerism of healthcare will be a powerful driving force behind the emergence of telemedicine as a standard of care.

Innovative telemedicine tools are readily available. Are you proactive or reactive?

“Be a creator of circumstances rather than a creature of circumstances. Be proactive rather than reactive.” – Brian Tracy

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Drug Testing at Home and The Opioid Crisis

At Home Drug Testing and The Future of Telemedicine

“Before the first COVID-19 case in the United States, a different epidemic—the opioid crisis—was taking the lives of 130 Americans per day. Although the pandemic threatens everyone, it is a particularly grave risk to the millions of Americans with opioid use disorder, who—already vulnerable and marginalized—are heavily dependent on face-to-face health care delivery.”

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 19.7 million American adults (aged 12 and older) battled a substance use disorder in 2017.

Could the relative risk of patients with substance use disorder who are not receiving the standard of care intersect with the relative risk of COVID-19?

LEARN MORE ABOUT AT HOME DRUG TESTING BY CONTACTING US: https://genotoxlabs.com/contact-us/

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ABOUT GENOTOX LABS:

At Genotox Laboratories, we’re devoted to providing healthcare professionals with accurate, dependable, and actionable toxicology and pharmacogenetics services. We serve pain physicians, family practices, internal medicine, psychiatrists, addiction specialists, OB/GYN, and recovery centers.

With 27 combined years of experience as a board-certified anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician, Matthew McCarty, MD became aware of the growing need for enhanced medication monitoring and personalized medicine. As a result, he founded Genotox Laboratories in 2012.

After extensive use of toxicology testing in his practice, Dr. McCarty realized that a better screening assay was essential for verifying UDT sample authenticity. Leveraging the power of molecular diagnostic testing, he invented and co-developed ToxProtect, the first patent pending DNA-authenticated urine drug test.

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Remote Drug Testing and Telemedicine

Why Remote Drug Testing Saves Lives

2018: “The low rates of telehealth visits for substance use disorder that we found represent a missed opportunity to get people the help they need, especially in the context of the ongoing opioid epidemic,” said study author Haiden Huskamp, professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School.

“…barriers include regulatory and reimbursement hurdles.” (Health Affairs 2018)

2019: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed three new billing codes to go into effect January 1, 2020 to help combat the opioid epidemic. These codes were established to help improve access to opioid addiction treatment through telemedicine encounters.

2020: COVID-19 Pandemic produces critical need for telehealth services. U.S. government lifts most of the existing telehealth restrictions.

Truth Drug Testing at Home
No Contact Drug Testing

Many companies have been following along with the telehealth evolution for years and have developed tools precisely for these times of transition.

TRUTH™ is industry’s first no contact, at home drug testing service with on-demand test results delivered to a clinician’s EMR or web portal. 100% of the clinical data you need using no contact, distance testing.

TRUTH™ is a turn-key toxicology solution designed for healthcare professionals who:

  1. Need to monitor telemedicine patients remotely
  2. Need to Drug Test at a Distance during “shelter in place” mandates
  3. Prefer to eliminate urine and/or oral fluid collections from taking place within their clinic

Learn More Here About TRUTH™ Here:

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DNA-Verified Remote Drug Testing

Genotox Labs Uses DNA-Verified Techniques to perform Remote Drug Testing

“Drug testing is the technology of addiction medicine, it is vastly underutilized, both in terms of prevention and treatment.” – Robert L. DuPont, MD

The common tampering and falsification efforts to hide true urine drug test results include: real human urine sample substitution, synthetic urine sample substitution, “pill scraping”, dilution, oxidizer adulteration, and timing of substance use around the drug test schedule.

Urine drug testing solutions exist today that precisely address all of the above.

Remote drug monitoring with Genotox Labs
Remote Urine Testing

In what other area of life would we actively choose an inferior solution when the aforementioned solution is critical to achieving the desired outcome?

Learn More Here About Our Remote Drug Testing Process Here:

More About Genotox:

At Genotox Laboratories, we’re devoted to providing healthcare professionals with accurate, dependable, and actionable toxicology and pharmacogenetic services. We serve pain physicians, family practices, internal medicine, psychiatrists, addiction specialists, OB/GYN, and recovery centers.

Revolutionary ToxProtect™ DNA-based urine drug test (UDT) for verifying sample authenticity

Pharmacogenetic testing for predicting a patient’s expected response to certain drugs, based on their specific genetic makeup

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Addiction Treatment at Home and How it is done.

Addiction Treatment at Home

“The American Psychiatric Association finds video-based sessions “equivalent” to in-person care for diagnosis, treatment, quality, and patient satisfaction. Yet, insurance hasn’t always covered it. Facing surging demand and a potential mental health epidemic, insurers are scrambling to make changes.”

Learn More at the Link Below:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-01/the-u-s-mental-health-care-system-isn-t-ready-for-coronavirus?utm_campaign=likeshopme&utm_medium=instagram&srnd=businessweek-v2&utm_source=dash%20hudson&utm_content=www.instagram.com/p/B-dVwVSnFq2/

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This pandemic will forever change the way medicine is delivered. Are you prepared?

Telehealth platforms like True Mobile Health, LLC enable clinicians to deliver care and provide continuous patient engagement from a distance. At home laboratory testing like Genotox Laboratories ToxDirect™️ delivers clinicians the critical laboratory data that has long been a part of in personal care.

These tools were developed precisely for this moment.

Learn more about Genotox Labs and Our Tools Here:

At Genotox Laboratories, we’re devoted to providing healthcare professionals with accurate, dependable, and actionable toxicology and pharmacogenetic services. We serve pain physicians, family practices, internal medicine, psychiatrists, addiction specialists, OB/GYN, and recovery centers.