Urine drug testing is an essential component of monitoring patients who are receiving long-
term opioid therapy, and it has been suggested for patients receiving long-term …

Background. Traditionally, urine drug screens have only been concerned with positive or
negative results. Those results provide physicians treating patients for pain with chronic …

Objective: To determine the level of urine drug test (UDT) interpretive knowledge of
physicians who use these instruments to monitor adherence in their patients on chronic …

Abstract Treatment guidelines for chronic noncancer pain recommend opioids for carefully
selected, closely monitored patients. However, many primary care physicians have a limited …

There is an epidemic of prescription drug abuse in the United States, which has created an
increased burden on clinical toxicology laboratories and those who oversee drug testing …

The use of urine drug testing (UDT) has increased over recent years. UDT results have
traditionally been used in legal proceedings under supervision of a medical review officer …

Background Urine drug testing (UDT) is an essential tool to monitor opioid misuse among
patients on chronic opioid therapy. Inaccurate interpretation of UDT can have deleterious …

Urine drug testing (UDT) has become an essential component in the management of
patients prescribed opioid analgesics for the treatment of chronic non-malignant pain …

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 …

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