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Nail testing requires a sample size based on the free edge being the thickness of a quarter when it is turned on its side.
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Nail testing goes back approximately 6 months depending on whether toenails or fingernails are used and the length of the nail clippings. It takes approximately 10-14 days for any drug use to get into a person's hair or nails. It has to work its way through the body and out into the hair shaft or nail bed.
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Nail Testing can test for any paneled drugs available in hair testing with a longer timeframe.
Nail Testing starting as low as $259
5 Panel Nail Testing:
Amphetamines (includes: Methamphetamines, MDA, MDMA & MDEA)
Cocaine
Opiates (includes: Morphine, Codeine, Hydrocodone, Hydromorphone, Heroin)
PCP
THC
10 Panel Nail Testing:
Amphetamines (includes: Methamphetamines, MDA, MDMA & MDEA)
Cocaine
Opiates (includes: Morphine, Codeine, Hydrocodone, Hydromorphone, Heroin)
PCP
THC
Benzodiazepines
Barbiturates
Methadone
Propoxyphene
Oxycodone
NAIL TESTING OPTIONS AVAILABLE:
5-Panel
10-Panel
12-Panel (10 panel + Tramadol, Meperidine)
14-Panel (12 panel + Fentanyl, Sufentanil)
17-Panel (14 panel +Ketamine, Buprenorphine, Zolpidem)
18-Panel (17 panel +Kratom)
19-Panel (18 panel+Gabapentin)
EtG - Alcohol
High Potency Opiates
Nail Samples Show Wider History of Drug Use Than Urine
Nail samples provide an excellent alternative sample matrix to urine. Some drugs that do not bind well in hair, like marijuana, are very stable in a nail matrix. ProResults offers 5- 10-, 12- 14-, 17-, 18-, and 19-drug panels for nail samples.
Nail samples are a similar matrix to hair, a keratinized protein, and therefore can be tested similarly. Drugs enter nails through nail matrix cells located at the base of each finger or toenail. Drugs are then distributed down the nail bed into new layers of growth. Most people do not know that nails grow both in length and in thickness, with the free end of the nail being thicker than the lunula at the base of the nail. Drugs present on the nail bed are incorporated into these layers.
Drugs of abuse are measurable in nail samples approximately two weeks following ingestion.
Fingernail samples can reflect drug usage over a six-month period.
Toenails, growing at a slower rate, can identify drug usage in the previous 12-month period. Collecting either sample will give a much longer view of drug history than urine, oral fluid or blood. Nail testing also boasts a less demanding collection process than urine or blood.
Our Nail Drug Testing assay requires 100 milligrams of nail sample. The amount is equal to a 2 millimeter sample harvested from each finger.
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The laboratory test procedure includes an immunoassay initial test combined with
LC/ MS/MS or GC/MS confirmation of presumptive positive results.
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