Are there any home remedies to pass a drug test? Do they really work?
Before analyzing any information about anything in particular, you need to know that most drug metabolites are stored in the fat cells. Every time you use the toxin level is increasing; and every time you go to the bathroom some amount of metabolites leave your body.
Here is a list of home remedies and why they do not work.
1. Water
Rumor has it, that if you drink a lot of water, it will make your urine clean of any toxins. It’s true that it will help you pass, but not the way you think it will: overloading your kidneys in a short period of time will dilute the urine to the point where there aren’t enough drug metabolites in it to register on a test. Yes, it will dilute your urine and make the sample impossible to test, so the test results will be inconclusive and they will reschedule you or fail you, depending on the company policy.
2. Exercising
Since drug metabolites are fat soluble, you need to exercise to really purify your body. You need to lose some weight which will release toxins into the blood and urine, and your body will be clean very soon. The problem is – it takes quite some time to lose a significant amount of weight. But while you working out and stressing out your liver and kidneys, you need some nourishment so your organs will work better. Just exercising alone is not enough. But whatever you do, do NOT exercise right before the test – rest for at least 2-3 days before – you don’t want more metabolites to be flushed out of your system right before your test day. However, you don’t have to stop if you work out on a regular basis.
3. Diuretics
By making you urinate, diuretics aren’t too helpful in passing a test. To get your urine clean of drug metabolites you do not only have to drink a lot of fluids, you’ve also got to pee a lot to flush them out of your system. But then again, it does not get rid of the problem – sample will be too diluted for a test.
4. Cranberry Juice/Capsules
Cranberry juice is a mild diuretic, so you’re facing same issues as in #3.
5. Vinegar
Besides burning your mouth, vinegar does not do anything to make you pass the test if you drink it. Another way of using it is to add it to the sample – but it will only change the PH of your urine. At any rate, it’s one more home remedy that’s totally useless for passing a drug test, since current testing methods routinely check for this adulterant.
6. Niacin
Taking massive doses of niacin will not only make you fail a test, but definitely will make you sick. The human body only needs about 15mg of niacin per day. Excessive intake of it can cause permanent damage to your liver.
7. Bleach
This is another adulterant that is being routinely tested for in labs. Bleach will not clean your sample if you add it to the urine, and will definitely bring you to emergency room if you drink it.
8. Goldenseal
Goldenseal is not very effective in cleansing out the body of toxins. It might be a healthy supplement, but that’s all. Plus, the labs normally test for the presence of this herb in urine samples.