Quote Originally Posted by dbidle
I am 5'9'' 160 lbs, in pretty good shape, and I have been habitually smoking for a year and a half. I need to pass a drug test given by a hospital. I stopped smoking a couple days ago and my test isn't for another week and a half. I am trying to drink as much water as possible, and I bought DETOX 72, a three-day kit that is supposedly "the best detox kit on the market." My friend used the kit and passed a GC-MS test at exactly 15 ng/ml, but he hadn't been smoking nearly as long. If I continue to drink lots of water, cranberry juice, take daily saunas and use the DETOX 72 kit say a week before my test, do you think I will pass? It is essential that I pass this test as I am a pre-med student trying to get an internship at the hospital. Sorry for the long post-- I'm just looking for peace of mind.

P.S. Do hospitals usually use the GC-MS test or do they only test to 50 ng/ml?
Almost all drug tests will include immunoassay first. Most use the 50 ng/ml cutoff. If a specimen comes back non-negative, then GC/MS is performed. I have never known anyone or seen anyone whose sample went straight to GC/MS. Not performing immunoassay is cost ineffective

Cranberry juice, lots of water useless (and if you are pre-med you should know this or need to learn this). Saunas are almost completely useless.

Being premed/healthcare field, you need to make sure what cutoff they are using on immunoassasy. You may be subject to the more strict cutoff.