Description
Fentanyl Drug Testing Kit by BTNX Inc.
Note: these Fentanyl Drug Test Strips are manufactured by BTNX Inc, with the original intent of testing for the presence of fentanyl in unine. They are now being distributed by Dancesafe as Fentanyl Drug Testing Kits based on prevention programs in Vancouver and New York, as well as research by Dr. Ciccarone from the University of California - San Fransisco.
About Fentanyl (also mis-spelled as fetanyl, fentynal, fantanyl, fentynol, fentalyn, fentanol)
Fentanyl and its analogs are highly potent synthetic opioids between fifty and many hundreds of times stronger than heroin. These opioids are largely responsible for a dramatic increase in heroin-related or adulterated cocaine fatalities. They have also been found in counterfeit pharmaceutical pills as well as cocaine and other drugs. The term “fentanyl” refers to fentanyl itself, as well as numerous analogs such as acetyl-fentanyl, furanyl-fentanyl, carfentanil, and others. Some analogs, such as carfentanil, are so strong that a fatal dose may be invisible to the naked eye.
Description by BTNX Inc - manufacturer
The Rapid ResponseTM Fentanyl (FYL) Test Strip is a lateral flow chromatographic immunoassay for the qualitative detection of Fentanyl/Norfentanyl in urine at the cut-off concentration of 20 ng/mL.
It is specific for Fentanyl screening with no significant cross reactivity to other opiates, such as Morphine and Heroin. The Rapid ResponseTM Fentanyl (FYL) Test Strip is able to detect Fentanyl and many other Fentanyl analogues such as Carfentanil, Acetyl Fentanyl, Butyryl Fentanyl, Remifentanil, Ocfentanil, Sufentanil, p-Fluoro Fentanyl, Furanyl Fentanyl, Valeryl Fentanyl, and 3-Methyl Fentanyl.
Interpretation of test results are: positive (one line), negative (two lines), invalid (no lines or no control line).
The Rapid ResponseTM Fentanyl (FYL) Test Strip is Health Canada licensed and CE Marked.
About The Fentanyl Testing Strips (authored by DanceSafe - distributor)
DanceSafe’s fentanyl test strips can detect fentanyl and many of its known analogs, including acetyl-fentanyl and carfentanil. However, they cannot detect all of them. A sample that has tested negative, therefore, MAY STILL CONTAIN A FATAL DOSE of a fentanyl analog or another synthetic opioid.
According to DanceSafe, these strips have been verified to positively identify the following drugs: Fentanyl; Butyryl-fentanyl; Acetyl-fentanyl; 3-Methylfentanyl; Carfentanil; Thiofentanyl; Furanylfentanyl; 4-Flourofentanyl; Flouroisobutyryfentanyl; Sufentanil
When fentanyl (or a fentanyl analog) is mixed with heroin, cocaine or other drugs, it is *never* mixed evenly. Powder from one side of a baggie may contain no fentanyl at all, yet powder from the other side may contain a fatal dose. It is therefore important to test every bit of the drug you intend to consume, before you consume it.
Instructions for Using Fentanyl Test Kit Strips (Provided by DanceSafe)
Heroin Test and other injected drugs
If you inject heroin or other drugs, you need to test every time you inject. The best method is to test the residue from your spoon or cooker.
- After preparing your shot, set the needle aside and wait to inject.
- Add a small amount of clean (preferably distilled) water into the spoon or cooker. (1 millimeter or 1/4 teaspoon is enough.)
- Use the bottom end of a clean needle to swish the water around inside the spoon or cooker
- Hold the blue end of the test strip and insert the other end into the liquid, no higher than the blue line.
- Allow the liquid to travel up the strip into the test area. (This takes about 15 seconds.)
- Set the strip down on a flat surface and wait about two minutes. See “Interpreting the test results” below.
Testing cocaine and other non-injected drugs
Method #1 – Testing everything you intend to consume
The best method for testing non-injected drugs—including powders, crystals or tablets—is to test every bit of the drug you intend to consume. Unfortunately, this requires dissolving everything first in water. You can still consume the drugs later by drinking the water (if you intended to swallow them anyway), or you can let the water evaporate and consume the drugs later. (Evaporation could take anywhere from a few hours to a few days, depending on heat and humidity.) Either way, this is the best method for testing non-injected drugs.
- Place all of the drug you intend to consume into a glass or ceramic cup. (Tablets or crystals must first be crushed into a powder.)
- Add enough clean (preferably distilled) water into the cup to completely dissolve the crystals or powder, stirring thoroughly with a clean teaspoon.
- Now test the residue on the spoon. First set the spoon down and then use another spoon to fill the first spoon up with clean water.
- Hold the blue end of the test strip and insert the other end into the liquid, no higher than the blue line.
- Allow the liquid to travel up the strip into the test area. (This takes about 15 seconds.)
- Set the strip down on a flat surface and wait about two minutes. See “Interpreting the test results” below.
Method #2 – Testing the residue inside your baggie
CAUTION! This is NOT the best method for testing cocaine or other non-injected drugs. The best method is to test every bit you intend to consume, as described above. However, we are including this method here because we recognize that some people may not have the ability each time to dissolve all the drugs they intend to consume in water. Therefore, the next best method is to test the residue inside the baggie. This method has a higher chance of producing false negatives. (See “The Most Important Thing You Need to Know About Fentanyl” above.)
- Empty the powder or crystals inside your baggie into another clean baggie.
- Fill the first baggie with clean (preferably distilled) water and swish it around to dissolve the residue.
- Pour the liquid-residue into a clean glass and fill it with half a cup more of clean water to dilute it.
- Hold the blue end of the test strip and insert the other end into the liquid, no higher than the blue line.
- Allow the liquid to travel up the strip into the test area. (This takes about 15 seconds.)
- Set the strip down on a flat surface and wait about two minutes. See “Interpreting the test results” below.
Interpreting the Fentanyl Test Results
One red line on top is a POSITIVE result for the presence of fentanyl or one of its analogs. Two red lines is a NEGATIVE result. No red lines (or one red line on the bottom) means the test is invalid. (Usually this happens because the liquid did not travel far enough up the testing strip.)
Contact http://dancesafe.org/ for any questions or clarifications on this product or on how to interpret test results.
Disclaimer: DanceSafe’s fentanyl test strips are provided for harm reduction use only. They cannot detect every fentanyl analog, nor can they detect other synthetic opiates. A negative test result does not mean a sample is safe to consume. No drug use is 100% safe. All drug use contains inherent risk.
These testing strips are provided as is from DanceSafe and are simply sold by 180 Smoke without any modifications or opinions.