TY - BOOK AU - Schreiber,William Edward TI - An introduction to testing for drugs of abuse SN - 9781119794059 AV - HV5823 U1 - 362.29/164 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Hoboken, NJ PB - Wiley Blackwell KW - Drug testing KW - Substance Abuse Detection KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes index; Table of Contents Preface Section I Substance use, drug metabolism and the testing process Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. How the body handles drugs Chapter 3. Specimen collection Chapter 4. Screening tests: Immunoassays Chapter 5. Confirmation tests: Chromatography and mass spectrometry Section II Individual drugs Chapter 6. Cocaine Chapter 7. Amphetamines Chapter 8. Benzodiazepines & Z-drugs Chapter 9. Other sedative-hypnotic drugs Chapter 10. Opioids Chapter 11. Cannabinoids Chapter 12. Hallucinogens Chapter 13. Alcohols Section III Appendices Appendix A. How to read a toxicology report Appendix B. Guideline documents: Pain management and addiction medicine N2 - An Introduction to Testing for Drugs of Abuse presents a distilled set of facts about the major drugs of abuse that are encountered in clinical practice. Individual chapters highlight the similarities in chemical structure, mechanism of action, and physiologic effects of each drug group, as well as their metabolism, therapeutic uses and potential for misuse or abuse. Special attention is given to the testing process, with an emphasis on interpretation of test results. Informative and entertaining cases appear at the end of each chapter. These cases illustrate the many situations in which drug testing is performed for medical, legal and employment purposes. Written in clear, concise language, this book provides practical guidance to pathologists, clinical chemists and technologists who are responsible for reporting and interpreting the results of drug analyses. It will be especially useful to residents and students who are learning about toxicology for the first time. Clinical practitioners - doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals - will find the information they need to order and interpret drug tests accurately UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119794080 ER -