Drug Detection Period - 3-7 Days

Drug Detection Level - 300 ng/mL

This Xanax Drug Test / Valium Drug Test tests for benzodiazepines, which are drugs used to treat anxiety, insomnia, and seizures. They are potentially dangerous and if used unproperly addiction-forming. According to SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) from 1995 to 2002 drug abuse-related emergency room visits involving a drug from the benzodiazepine family increased by 41 percent. Over 100,000 drug-abuse related emergency room visits occurred in 2002. Patients aged 18 and 19 experienced the greatest growth in benzodiazepine emergency room visits. (To read more facts about Benzodiazepine abuse please read the SAMHSA report located here).

Benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed drugs, such as Valium, Xanax, Ativan and Klonopin. If you are concerned about the abuse of Xanax or Valium, this is the test you want - it is a a Xanax Drug Test and a Valium Drug Test rolled into one thanks to the shared nature of those drugs' chemical makeup. Although we do not often hear the term benzodiazepines in our daily life, the drugs of this family are frequently discussed and prescribed. Our home drug test for benzodiazepines will allow you to detect whether any of the prescription drugs listed above (Valium, Xanax, Librium, Ativan, Halcion, Diazepam, Klonopin) have recently been used.

MORE INFORMATION ON XANAX

Did you know Xanax is actually just a trade name for the benzodiazepine Alprazolam? Alprazolam is a muscle relaxer, a mood stabilizer, an anti-seizure medication, and an anti-anxiety medication. At higher doses, it can also put you to sleep. Because it is habit-forming it is classified in the US as a Schedule IV controlled substance. What this means in part is that it that the drug has a currently accepted medical use in the United States.

So how has Xanax become a major prescription drug of abuse - enough so that it warrants its own Xanax Drug Test? Prescription drug forging, doctor shopping, and simple stealing from medicine cabinets. The drug can be combined with alcohol to heighten the effects.

Mary Rieser of the Atlanta Recovery Center describes the effects of Xanax withdrawal: "Xanax withdrawal is particularly dangerous, and even life threatening. Because central nervous system depressants work by slowing down the brain's normal activity, if a person stops taking the drug, the brain can react by racing out of control. This may to seizures and other harmful consequences, including death." Rieser also notes that their recovery center often sees people coming in to deal with a Xanax addiction.

According to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, "12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined" and each day 2500 teenagers use prescription drugs to get high for the first time. Amazingly, the number of new abusers of prescription drugs is the same as the number of new abusers of marijuana in the 12 to 17 year old bracket. If you are concerned that this may be the case with someone you know, this Xanax Drug Test / Valium Drug Test will help you determine if one of these drugs is being abused.

MORE INFORMATION ON VALIUM

Valium is one of the commercial names of the benzodiazepine Diazepam. Like other benzodiazepines, it treats anxiety, seizures, insomnia, and muscle spasms. Much like Xanax, Valium is a popularly prescribed drug, habit-forming especially when used incorrectly, and frequently abused.

Also like Xanax, Valium has developed a reputation as being somehow safer than other drugs of abuse. According to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America "Close to half of all teens believe using prescription medications to get high is 'much safer' than street drugs." Teens in the study pointed to ease of access as one of the reasons benzodiazepines among other prescription medications have seen increased use.

If you are interested in testing for prescription drug abuse, Xanax Drug Test / Valium Drug Test is a good place to start as it allows you to screen for those two drugs and other prescription drugs from the benzodiazepine family. We also sell an oxycodone test, which can help you screen for abuse of another very popular prescription drug, OxyContin. At Home Health Testing we have the tools you need to combat this growing problem in the world of drug abuse and addiction.

Please read the full instructions for our Xanax Drug Test / Valium Drug Test here in PDF form Complete Instructions PDF.

Frequently Asked Questions - Xanax Drug Test / Valium Drug Test

Q: What are benzodiazepines?

A: Benzodiazepines are a very large family of prescription drugs that include Valium, Xanax, Librium, Ativan, Halcion, Diazepam, and Klonopin. By purchasing this test you will be able to determine whether a prescription drug from that family of drugs has been used within the past 3-7 days. The reason we commonly refer to our test as a Xanax Drug Test / Valium Drug Test is that "benzodiazepine" is a less common term than Xanax or Valium.