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I've had a few requests recently for Mass Specs and perhaps I've created some confusion about what I'm doing why and when. I suspect the best way to explain this is to use contemporary athletic PED testing)
Mass Spec abbreviated MS and Liquid Chromatography or Gas Chromatography, abbreviated LC and GC respectively are different forms of tests that provide different information.
Alow me to digress to emphasize a few points; first understand any analytical test mandates the researcher be informed about "what am I looking for". So you just can't expect me or anyone else to evaluate a sample for: TELL ME WHAT'S IN THAT GH or AAS VIAL.
The same is true for any athletic PED analysis. Folks do you have any idea the initial cost of a WADA Tour De-France PED URINE screening assay costs about $2300.00!!!
Now granted this form of testing is no doubt the MOST EXTENSIVE of any sport related event.
Last time I checked they were searching for as many as 113 chemical compounds their substrates or metabolites. Add to that serum analyses or confirmatory assays and the amount may easily breach FIVE GRAND!
So to that end DEPENDING UPON WHAT YOUR LOOKING FOR and THE MEDIUM it's contained in (urine, saliva, blood, vial etc) the first test of choice is REAGENT TESTING such as Lab Max! The primary reason RT is used, is they are inexpensive and rarely have "false positives". So they are used to determine the ABSENCE of a particular substance OR one of it's metabolites.
That is, assume your an athlete being "tested for AAS or Tren in particular". They will collect a urine sample and if a colormetric change does not occur, the test is considered "a confirmed negative" for Tren. GOT IT!
Now because the reliability of Reagent Testing approximates 100% this result means you were NOT using Tren during an particular athletic event! (You may have used Tren BUT you waited long enough such that the amount was BELOW the preset RT threshold or perhaps you used an adulterant to dilute the urine or "trick the test", but that's an entirely different thread)
However suppose your RT turned up POSITIVE! What does this mean? It means you MAY HAVE USED Tren during a sporting event and that CONFIRMATORY TESTING is required!
So now the focus of the testing has now CHANGED from confirming the ABSENCE of a particular substance to confirming it's PRESENCE, and the differences are absolutely HUGE from an analytical perspective.
Now we must use one of several techniques used to confirm the presence of this forbidden substance and eliminate ANY chance of a FALSE POSITIVE RESULT. (The latter is obviously very important from a legal persecutive bc the incriminated athlete may claim slander, libel defamation of character, loss of consortium etc it they are falsely accused. Of course we don't hear about that much anymore bc the tests used and those conducting them are literally above reproach in this field. Those athletes whom have tried invariably acquiesced and accepted their "punishment")
To be concluded ....... as LC/MS
How do you know it's underdosed from a Labmax?
Doesn't a Labmax just show if there is even a TRACE of the AAS you're testing for?
OR is it darker or different colors from different doses?
There is a lot of speculation that a dim UV response indicates under dosed gear, and a bright UV response (like those in the videos on the labmax site) indicate properly dosed gear.From what I have read and told,
Labmax is used to DETECT a specific AAS.. That's it
If that's the case, it's useless to me