This comprehensive review of analytical methods used for urine drug testing for the support
of pain management describes the methods, their strengths and limitations, and types of …

Objective: To determine the current status of performing urine drug tests (UDTs) for
monitoring chronic pain therapy, with an emphasis on their use in opioid treatment and the …

Opioid analgesics must be prescribed with discernment and their appropriate use should be
periodically assessed. Urine drug testing, although not designed specifically for this role, is a …

Background: The precise role of urine drug testing (UDT) in the practice of pain medicine is
currently being defined. Confusion exists as to best practices, and even to what constitutes …

Urine drug testing (UDT) has become an essential feature of pain management, as
physicians seek to verify adherence to prescribed opioid regimens and to detect the use of …

In recent years, the abuse of opioid drugs has resulted in greater prevalence of addiction,
overdose, and deaths attributable to opioid abuse. The epidemic of opioid abuse has …

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

Background: Therapeutic use, overuse, abuse, and diversion of controlled substances in
managing chronic non-cancer pain continues to be an issue for physicians and patients. It …

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patterns of drug use and compliance so as to direct the type and conduct of treatment that …

Recognition is growing that self-report of drug use, prescribed or otherwise, among patients
with chronic pain treated with opioids is often unreliable. This fact is well known to the …