urine drug testsopioid analgesicschronic painJournal of General Internal Medicine - Urine drug testing (UDT) is a recommended risk mitigation strategy for patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain, but evidence that UDT supports...Larochelle, Marc R....
Abuse Drug abuse Drug misuse New psychoactive substances NPS Custodial setting Inmates Prisoners OTC POM 1. Introduction Over the last twenty years, drug use has changed radically due to the advent of the Internet, which has influenced the use and market of substances. This has led to the appea...
Whether urine testing contributes to the prevention of drug misuse within the hospital is unclear, and there are potential ethical and legal concerns about the urine testing process. It is important that high security hospitals are virtually drug free, to enable the uncontaminated assessment and ...
Division of General Internal MedicineAlokDivision of General Internal MedicineWilliamsDivision of General Internal MedicineArthur RobinsonDivision of General Internal MedicineAnnals of Internal MedicineStarrels JL, Becker WC, Alford DP, et al. Systematic review: treatment agreements and urine drug testing ...
Annals of Internal MedicineStarrels JL, Becker WC, Alford DP, Kapoor A, Williams AR, Turner BJ. Sys- tematic review: treatment agreements and urine drug testing to reduce opioid misuse in patients with chronic pain. Ann Intern Med. 2010;152 (11):712-720....
Drug testingUrineDrug usePrimary careSystematic reviewPain managementMedical treatmentBACKGROUND: Experts recommend opioid treatment agreements and urine drug testing to reduce opioid analgesia misuse, but evidence of their effectiveness has not been systematically reviewed. PURPOSE: To synthesize studies of ...