Since we're on the topic of graphs...

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it always takes at least 2 weeks to get the results ..so no other testing is done..who gets there results the next day..if that where the case we could get other tests..

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RIGHT, Marsha...Individual variation in metabolism.

So there's Skipper's graph...9gms of EtOH (0.6 of a standard drink) peaks at 700. Then there's NMS saying that consumption of 20 to 33 fl oz of beer (that's 2-3 standard drinks) results in EtG concentrations of 22,000 to 67,000. THEN (now sit down for this one)...there's the new EtG Guidance posted on FirstLab's website. This graph shows that someone who drank 10 beers will have a PEAK EtG level of 250.

And we wonder why there's a problem interpreting EtG levels???

> >> > Am I right when I interpret the Graph that shows how EtG comes out of> > the body. yes, one drink makes it go really high >tens of thousands> > but then it drops rapidly and levels off after 48 hours and about 500> > ng, right. then wouldn't make sense that all the positives are low> > level. Perhaps some tylenol or a piece of over-ripened fruit puts> > your level up to 800 or 400 or 200 but then it stays there for a long> > time because the excretion of EtG out of the body slows with lower> > levels. Am I interpreting this right. How is that I am your average> > intelligence kind of gal with absolutely no power over anybody and I> > can look at this picture and it so painfully obvious what the prob is> > but all these power hungry folks on the SBN cannot????> >> > Kel> >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------> Low, Low, Low Rates! Check out Messenger's cheap PC-to-Phone call rates.>

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Thank you for validating my reality! So it's not me who's "off" here. The response I got when I questioned how the level could drop to nothing in 24 hrs was siply, "well, it just works that way." How enlightening! How reassuring! N O T !!!Lorie <lorieg@...> wrote: RIGHT, Marsha...Individual variation in metabolism. So there's Skipper's graph...9gms of EtOH (0.6 of a standard drink) peaks at 700. Then there's NMS saying that consumption of 20 to 33 fl oz of beer

(that's 2-3 standard drinks) results in EtG concentrations of 22,000 to 67,000. THEN (now sit down for this one)...there's the new EtG Guidance posted on FirstLab's website. This graph shows that someone who drank 10 beers will have a PEAK EtG level of 250. And we wonder why there's a problem interpreting EtG levels??? > >> > Am I right when I interpret the Graph that shows how EtG comes out of> > the body. yes, one drink makes it go really high >tens of thousands> > but then it drops rapidly and levels off after 48 hours and about 500> > ng, right. then wouldn't make sense that all the positives are low> > level. Perhaps some tylenol or a piece of over-ripened fruit puts> > your level up to 800 or 400 or 200 but then it stays there for a long> > time because the excretion of EtG out of the body slows

with lower> > levels. Am I interpreting this right. How is that I am your average> > intelligence kind of gal with absolutely no power over anybody and I> > can look at this picture and it so painfully obvious what the prob is> > but all these power hungry folks on the SBN cannot????> >> > Kel> >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------> Low, Low, Low Rates! Check out Messenger's cheap PC-to-Phone call rates.>

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