The general intent of phase I clinical pharmacology studies is to demonstrate the safety and
tolerability of investigational new drugs in healthy human volunteers. There is emerging …

Urinalysis is the process of testing a person's urine to detect the use of drugs or their
metabolites. The test can be as simple as using test strips that turn color if drugs are present …

A 57-year-old man presented to his primary care physician (PCP) for a routine checkup. The
patient complained of chronic pain from osteoarthritis in both shoulders, hands, and knees …

Though it is known that point-of-care (POC) urine drug screening (UDS) has its limitations,
clinicians request POC UDS due to its convenience and cost effectiveness. Common clinical …

Urine drug screens are routinely used in the substance abuse treatment setting along with
other clinical settings when illicit drug use is suspected. With the importance placed on the …

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 …

Almost no issue is more controversial these days than testing urine for drugs of abuse.
Abusers of drugs are fearful of being caught, and individuals who do not use drugs are …

Background Immunoassay-based techniques and creatinine quantification have historically
been the methods of choice for urine drug screening. Positive presumptive drug screen …