Patient data is only as useful as the report that delivers it. The Ameritox Rx Guardian^SM results report provides the most in-depth information available on your patients’ pain medication use in a detailed, yet easy-to-interpret format.

• The normalized value adjusts the laboratory result for physiologic variables, such as body mass and hydration level, using creatinine and lean body weight (height, weight, and gender).
• The normalized value is compared to a dynamic database of chronic pain patients who have been rigorously assessed for medication adherence.
• The normalized value is then converted to a standard score. Both the normalized value and standard score results are displayed on the Rx Guardian^SM Results Report.
• The curve on the report represents the distribution of standard scores of adherent patients in the reference database taking a particular medication. Your patient’s standard score is plotted on the curve to visually demonstrate this comparison.
• There is still a range, but because the database is dynamic, the underlying data will change as the database continues to grow. However, instead of displaying the range numerically, the range is displayed as a reference range of -2 to +2.
• Less than 5 percent of adherent patients in the Rx Guardian CD^SM database have standard scores of less than -2.0 or greater than +2.0.
• Less than 1 percent of adherent patients in the Rx Guardian CD^SM database have standard scores of less than -3.0 or greater than +3.0.
• Rx Guardian CD^SM enables clinicians to compare their patients’ normalized urine drug levels to the population of actual pain patients in the reference database.
• Because the 95 percent Database Reference Range will always be -2 to +2, you can continue to assess medication adherence over time regardless of changes in dose to the same medication.
• Rx Guardian^SM results should be considered in context of the complete clinical picture, including behavioral assessments and knowledge of the patient. Rx Guardian^SM is and has always been one valuable, but never the only, source of evidence about medication adherence.

Note: The 95 percent Database Reference Ranges are rounded from +1.96 and -1.96.