Sample validity even for pre-employment test?

[tp82007]

In regards to testing for the creatine, you can buy adulterant strips which have ph, creatine, and a few other tests on the strip as well. Basically, you dip the strip in the urine, and the 5 or 6 small squares on the strip will all turn a different color. They provide you with a chart which indicates what each color means, and this is how you can see if your creatine levels, and ph levels are normal or abnormal.

That's really interesting. I never knew those existed. where do you get them? pH makes sense (after I wrote this I thought of high school science and Litmus paper).

Suppose I drink 48oz of gatorade before the test. Should I drink all this at once, or should I stretch my fluid consumption out? Do I want to stay away from coffee? Will drinking 48oz of water give me abnormal creatine levels?

Thanks for the advice, much appreciated.

I think the sticky says to drink it fairly quick. However injesting 48 oz of fluid all at once could be somewhat difficult. I don't think it means *chug*. IME, I drank about 48oz over a 30-45 minute period (that's just the fastest I could do it). After I finished 1.5 bottles of gatorade I started having to go. But would replace those fluids with drinking more gatorade. All in all, probably about 2.5 20oz bottles.

The water has to possiblity of giving off levels which would cause a dilute result, that's why they recommend sports drinks. While gatorade won't do anything for creatinine clearence, it will help specific gravity because of the sodium content. The only thing you can do about creatinine clearence is a) take creatine tabs 2-3 days before (or longer, but follow directions). Or increasing your red meat intake (or fish too I hear).