
Originally Posted by
DocToxin8
The WADA drug test costs about 500EUR to perform ive heard.
(Not sure if that applies everywhere)
But one can be very sure of that a doping analysis will cost a hell of a lot more than checking for rec drugs.
Rec drug tests often use immunoassays, that means they use specific antibodies to each rec drug in question, usually 6 or 12 different ones.
If the immunoassay is positive, they can send the test further for GC/MS testing.
F.ex;
The immunoassay test will turn positive on benzodiazepines if you've consumed Valium/diazepam within the last 3 days, but at that point they can't say which type of benzodiazepine you've used. And let's say you got a script for oxazepam (which is also a metabolite of diazepam). But by sending the test for further analysis they can determine which specific benzodiazepine it is.
When it comes to AAS it would be difficult to do such a general test,
as you can't simply to an immunoassay for androgens, everybody would turn positive in that case. So, tests for PEDs are inherently more difficult to do than for rec drugs, and cost more. Hence, they usually don't check for it unless having a specific reason, like you winning an OL medal.
That said, I would probe a little what they test for.
Over here AAS and PEDs have got a lot of focus lately.
It wouldn't suprise me if they tested people they had "a feeling" were positive.