What do you expect from a drug test? Of course, everyone wants to pass a drug test and get over and done with it as soon as possible. However, sometimes things get complicated, and not in the way one would have expected.

-          Hi, a have a quick question – what is abnormal? I got my urine test results back today, and all it says here is “abnormal specimen.” I am not sure I understand what that means exactly.

-          That is a general term that they use to indicate that there was something wrong with your urine. Each specimen has to conform to the accepted standards, and before testing for drugs each sample is first checked for several characteristics that normal human urine has – acceptable temperature range, pH level, creatine level, specific gravity levels. If the urine complies with accepted standards, they move onto the testing for drug metabolites.

-          I see. Would drinking vinegar mess up the urine sample characteristics?

-          Yes, it would – it is very acidic and throws off all the reading of the chart.

-          I guess I should have thought about it before. Someone told me it would help me pass, and I did not think anything of it. Although it did make me so sick when I drank it, I thought I would pass out. My stomach still hurts, and I did not even pass the test! What a waste!

If you have a urine test coming up shortly, make sure you do your homework and do not use anything that was not created specifically to aid you in a passing of a drug test, like professional detox products were.