01-27-2018, 08:49 PM
If I become concerned I will go to a drug testing service and pay. Don't care if it 'raises concerns'. No one is going to try and prosecute you for trying to determine what is contained in a medicine "you found in your child's drawer", etc.
Easier and cheaper is if you have a scientist friend that does routine analytical testing with HPLC, LCMS, or mass spectrometry. Even though these very quick and cheap tests can tell you if your medicine contains whatever ingredient it claims to have in it, it doesn't tell you if it has been contaminated with something toxic, UNLESS the individual running the test is SPECIFICALLY looking for other adulterants.
It's a tough call but I'd say if you are concerned enough to pay $100 or more to find out not only if a medicine has the active ingredient but is also 'clean' of other substances, then just stay away from that vendor or country. It won't be worth it in the end regardless of the outcome.
Easier and cheaper is if you have a scientist friend that does routine analytical testing with HPLC, LCMS, or mass spectrometry. Even though these very quick and cheap tests can tell you if your medicine contains whatever ingredient it claims to have in it, it doesn't tell you if it has been contaminated with something toxic, UNLESS the individual running the test is SPECIFICALLY looking for other adulterants.
It's a tough call but I'd say if you are concerned enough to pay $100 or more to find out not only if a medicine has the active ingredient but is also 'clean' of other substances, then just stay away from that vendor or country. It won't be worth it in the end regardless of the outcome.