What is a Dilution method for urine drug test?
How Dilution methods work
The liquid need only be water but best if it is also a diuretic. Diuretics help the body get rid of excess fluid, mainly water and sodium.When diuretics stimulate kidneys to flush away sodium the body also flushes away water. This can be done by using herbal items such as dandelion root, horsetail, celery seed, green or black teas or coffee.
By drinking large amounts of fluids, individuals aim to lower the concentration of drug metabolites in their urine sample, making it more difficult to detect.
What makes Dilution Risky ?
The truth about dilution for drug testing is that it does not detoxify the body but only dilutes the urine with water. Substances like certo, ( which require large amounts of WATER) and expensive detox drinks do not "detoxify" the body either are they diuretics. After consuming these the body's urine is diluted with water for a relatively short window. This creates a clear urine sample which is actually not unnatural as most drink extra prior to test but promoters of the dilution method will say to just take B vitamins for color and creatine supplements. However your still diluting it and if does add any color it will be a suspicious fake neon yellow. Also Color is not a qualifying parameter so why mess with it ? As for creatine supplements - this is another sweet spot factor in timing of consumption to get it the creatine to convert to creatinine as shown in study " The effects of creatine ingestion on urinary creatine concentration: Does supplementation mask heavy dilution? ". Proper use of creatine for the purpose of suplementing during dilution requires 20 grams to be hydrated in acid or orange juice for 3 days then consumed prior to testing so that all the cratine is converted to creatinine . " Detox" rinks like q carbo are mostly herbal tea and contain VERY little insignificant amount of creatine considering your still DILUTING IT.
The Trick is that you have to ingest enough fluids to dilute your urine and
metabolite levels to below threshold but NOT to point that your
creatinine and Specific gravity (urine density),
which is what results in a DILUTED result. Dilution results are also effected by sex and weight as seen in this study "Creatinine excretion in consecutive urine samples after controlled ingestion of water" . Dilution is not permanent, as
you urinate you remove water and body returns to previous levels. You
have to hit the sweet spot during a short window, without coming up
diluted.
Urine drug screens are performed by measuring amounts of drug metabolites and if they fall over a threshold your deemed POSITIVE and if under your negative. However Lab drug tests have two parts, including the Specimen validity testing (SVT). SVT is done to check for substitution or a sample that is not characteristic of human urine.
The Validation
screen which is performed prior to or simultaneously with drug screen. Specimen validity testing (SVT) is performed on a urine drug screen specimen to detect substances, adulteration, or dilution ( result from creatinine and specific gravity levels being crashed or under limits).
The validation screen will also look at non human items such as sanitizing agents used in liquid urine or masking agents (adulteration). Adulteration involves adding chemicals to destroy the drug metabolite.
Synthetic Urine Substitution
To conclude
basically dilution is a 50 50 crap shoot with success based on your use level, amount of liquid consumed and timing it before level return to measurable levels so as to not OVER DILUTE. IF your going to attempt it I suggest you practice by doing said method and using a self pre test with some cheap test sticks.