Introduction Proper psychiatric evaluation of patients necessitates that the clinician be
vigilant in ruling out secondary causes of symptoms, such as substance-induced symptoms …

The clinical interpretation of urine drug screens (UDS) and its confirmatory process is a
complicated, multi-step process that involves comprehensive knowledge of the analytic …

Urine drug testing is frequently used in clinical, employment, educational, and legal settings
and misinterpretation of test results can result in significant adverse consequences for the …

Health care professionals are frequently asked questions about false-positive drug testing
results. Testing is a common practice in work settings, rehabilitation programs, the military …

Urine drug screening can enhance workplace safety, monitor medication compliance, and
detect drug abuse. Ordering and interpreting these tests requires an understanding of …

Urine drug screening is a common way to test for compliance with medications having high
abuse potential. False-negatives and false-positives from immunoassays can lead to …

Drug testing, commonly used in health care, workplace, and criminal settings, has become
widespread during the past decade. Urine drug screens have been the most common …

Purpose The implications of potential false-positive urine drug screen (UDS) results for
patients receiving commonly prescribed medications were evaluated. Summary A …

Urine drug screen (UDS) immunoassays are a quick and inexpensive method for
determining the presence of drugs of abuse. Many cross-reactivities exist with other …

An estimated 20 million patients in the United States have a substance use disorder (SUD),
with hundreds of millions of prescriptions for controlled substances written annually …