Conducting toxicology on post-mortem specimens provides a number of very significant
challenges to the scientist. The range of additional specimens include tissues such as …

Mounting evidence demonstrates that CYP2B6 plays a much larger role in human drug
metabolism than was previously believed. The discovery of multiple important substrates of …

Written for practitioners in the field, this critically acclaimed bestseller provides authoritative
information focused on the investigation of drug-related deaths and practical approaches to …

A. Büttner (2011) Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology37, 118–134 The
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The US is facing dual public health crises related to opioid overdose deaths and HIV.
Injection drug use is fueling both of these epidemics. The War on Drugs has failed to stem …

Clinical pharmacology assumes that deductions can be made about the concentrations of
drugs from a knowledge of the pharmacokinetic parameters in an individual; and that the …

Over the course of 4 months in 2015 and 2016, a cluster of seven fatal intoxications
involving the opioid-analogue furanylfentanyl occurred in Sweden; toxicological analysis …

Methadone is highly effective in treating opioid dependence, and it is also used as an
analgesic for second-line management of chronic pain. However, recent increases in …

Methadone is a synthetic opioid, used both as an analgesic in severe pain relief and now
mainly in the treatment of opiate dependence. Such use of the drug has increased as its …

Methamphetamine (Meth) is abused by over 35 million people worldwide. Chronic Meth
abuse may be particularly devastating in individuals who engage in unprotected sex with …