When to get tested?
Your doctor might recommend this test to analyze your progress in the smoking cessation programme and to detect nicotine poisoning. You also need this test if you are having the following symptoms:
- Salivating and burning feeling around the mouth
- Tremors or seizures
- Confusion
- Abnormal abdominal cramps
- Unusual breathing and heart rate
- Paralysis
Sample collection
A healthcare provider will draw a small amount of blood through a vein in your arm. The Cotinine test price is fair.
Test preparations
Do consult with your doctor about the medications you are consuming, and do follow your doctor's instructions. The Cotinine test price is not too high.
Result interpretations
A positive cotinine test result indicates an ample amount of cotinine has been found in the blood sample. Besides, a negative test result indicates that an inadequate amount of cotinine has been found in the blood, or it can also indicate that the person has not used or been exposed to tobacco.