"Antidote" for Urine Drug Tests Appears on the Market|破解驗尿"解毒劑" 傳合法藥局買得到

Investigators and police are on the hunt for drugs, but an "antidote" for urine tests has reportedly made its way to Taiwan. Once the antidote is added to urine, it produces a negative result in the quick-screening tests. This antidote can be easily purchased at legal pharmacies. Authorities are now trying to gain a better understanding of the legality of this antidote.


A substance that reportedly allows drug users to pass urine drug tests has appeared on the market.

This works for Schedule I to III (drugs).

According to the pharmacy staff, adding the yellow liquid to urine will produce a negative result on rapid-screening tests. A urine dipstick costs around NT$300, while the "antidote" costs NT$15,000 per tube. The antidote is widely sold at legal pharmacies.

There is no regulation for this right now and it is in fact effective, so the government needs to do something about it as soon as possible.

There are at least two stages in police drug testing. Rapid-screening tests are used first, and urine samples are then sent to a lab for further testing. As the two samples are later compared against each other, the antidote will only help drug users temporarily. The Ministry of Justice says urine tests are administered under strict conditions and it isn't that easy to alter a urine sample.

The personnel in charge of collecting urine samples have to prevent people from adding water or urine or other people's urine to their samples.

The ministry says frontline police and inspectors should be more vigilant when collecting urine samples. The Ministry of Health and Welfare, meanwhile, will assess whether the antidote is legal.