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A Study on Photostability of Amphetamines and Ketamine in Hair Irradiated under Artificial Sunlight

Brain Sciences, 2018
Drugs incorporated into hair are exposed to the environment, and cosmetic and chemical treatments, with possible decreases in their content. Knowledge concerning the effect of sunlight on drug content in hair can be helpful to forensic toxicologists, in ...
Giorgia Miolo, Marianna Tucci, Luca Menilli, Giulia Stocchero, Susanna Vogliardi, Salvatore Scrivano, Massimo Montisci, Donata Favretto   +7 more
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ACUTE NARCOTIC DRUG INTOXICATIONS: ETIOLOGY, SEX/AGE DISTRIBUTION AND CLINICAL OUTCOME [PDF]

Journal of IMAB, 2017
Purpose: Poisoning with drugs is a serious medical and social problem worldwide. Retrospective analysis of acute poisoning with narcotic drugs had been performed in Varna region for 25 years (1991-2015).
Petko Marinov, Snezha Zlateva, Georgi Bonchev, Dobri Ivanov, Kaloyan Georgiev, Yulichka Sabeva, Marieta Yovcheva   +6 more
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Recreational Drug Use at a Music Festival: A Dual Approach Using Hair Biomarkers Analysis and Participant Self‐Reported Drug Use

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
Combined self‐report and hair analysis in festival attendees (n = 249) revealed substantial discrepancies in drug use reporting, particularly for stimulants and dissociatives. This integrated approach enhances detection of poly‐drug use and provides a more reliable basis for monitoring and harm‐reduction strategies.
A. Y. Simão, T. Rosado, M. Barroso, M. Andraus, E. Gallardo   +4 more
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The clinical impact of recent amphetamine exposure in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients

Frontiers in Neurology
BackgroundAmphetamines possess sympathomimetic properties that can affect cerebral vasculature though conflicting reports exist about their effect on vasospasm risk and clinical outcomes in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Jeffrey R. Vitt, Roger C. Cheng, Jason Chung, Travis Caton, Bo Zhou, Nerissa Ko, Karl Meisel, Edilberto Amorim   +7 more
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Exploring Cerumen as an Alternative Matrix for Drug Detection and Quantification: Method Development and Application in Clinical Samples

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
An LC–MS/MS method was developed for the detection of 33 psychoactive medications in cerumen (earwax) and applied to the samples of 60 psychiatric inpatient volunteers. The findings highlighted the utility of cerumen as an innovative biospecimen in clinical toxicological analysis.
Dimitrios Phaedon Kevrekidis, Helen G. Gika, Georgios Panagiotoglou, Eleni Parlapani, Pavlos Pavlidis, Nikolaos Raikos   +5 more
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Drug Abuse: Distribution and Health Impact on Societies

Medical Journal of Babylon
Human wealth is considered the most precious wealth possessed by countries and is the real capital of nations because of this wealth’s potential to contribute to the building and development of society.
Sura Mouaid Abbas, Sabah Nuri Mizel, Nathier A. Ibrahim, Rzgar Faroog Rashi   +3 more
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Investigations Into the Metabolism and Elimination of Flmodafinil and Fladrafinil for Sports Drug Testing Purposes

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
This article investigates the metabolism and elimination of flmodafinil and fladrafinil, two fluorinated analogs of modafinil and adrafinil listed as S6 stimulants by the World Anti‐Doping Agency. After single‐dose administration to six volunteers, the compounds and their main metabolites were studied in urine and blood.
O. Krug, S. Guddat, C. Görgens, K. Walpurgis, F. Toma, A. Thomas, M. Thevis   +6 more
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Wastewater analysis for nicotine, cocaine, amphetamines, opioids and cannabis in New York City

Forensic Sciences Research, 2019
According to current surveys and overdoses data, there is a drug crisis in the USA. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is an evolving discipline that analyses wastewater samples to detect drugs and metabolites to estimate drug consumption in a certain ...
Nicole Centazzo, Bonnie-Marie Frederick, Alethea Jacox, Shu-Yuan Cheng, Marta Concheiro-Guisan   +4 more
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Research Progress on Detection Methods of Amphetamines in Human Hair [PDF]

Fayixue Zazhi, 2019
Amphetamines are chemical synthetic drugs that are becoming increasingly popular in China. As a common sample in the inspection of poisons, hair has the advantages of easy storage, good stability, and long detection time compared with traditional human ...
REN Guan-heng, YAN Qi-jiang, TANG Ying,et al.
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The Prevalence of Substance Use Among Students and Associated Factors: A Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Substance use is a major public health and social problem that affects individuals of all ages, particularly adolescents and young adults, across every society. School as an educational environment can be suitable for education and orientation towards substances.
Bazleh N.
europepmc   +2 more sources