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23 episodes
since Dec. 10, 2019
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During each of the last three years more than 100,000 people have died from drug overdoses in the United States. During this same time period, there has been a significant increase in patients suffering from mental health conditions. Today in the US, nearly 50 million patients are prescribed medi…

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Drug testing plays a critical role in combating the drug misuse epidemic. There are 2 main methods of clinical drug testing: presumptive testing, which includes rapid point-of-care (POC) devices as well as more sensitive laboratory immunoassays; and definitive testing, which uses highly complex l…
Today’s episode is with Quest Diagnostics senior medical advisor, Dr Jeff Gudin, and Dr Jack Kain, director and medical science liaison for the Quest Drug Monitoring and Toxicology business. The podcast will cover: Overview of the new Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) blood test from Quest  Clinical…
Welcome to the Quest Diagnostics “topics in drug testing” podcast. Today’s episode is with Quest Diagnostics senior medical advisor, Dr Jeff Gudin, and Dr Jack Kain, director and medical science liaison for the Quest Drug Monitoring and Toxicology business. The podcast will cover: Summary of t…
Learning objectives for the podcast include: Learn how ketamine is increasingly being used as an anesthetic, analgesic, antidepressant, …and a hallucinogen1 Gain an understanding of the risks of ketamine use and ways it is misused Appreciate the role of drug testing when ketamine is prescribe…
Objectives for the podcast include: Understand drug metabolism and how prescription and illicit drugs and their metabolites are eliminated from the body Learn about drug half-life and windows of detection, and how they are related Gain a deeper understanding of specific variables that can imp…
Objectives for the podcast include: Hear results from the recent Quest Diagnostics Health Trends report which combines data from a Harris Poll survey of over 500 primary care physicians, with results of clinical drug laboratory testing performed by Quest Diagnostics across the US Gain a deeper…
Today’s podcast will cover a substance of great concern today, fentanyl. We will  discuss and share information regarding the following: Latest trends in the drug misuse epidemic in the US What you need to know about fentanyl Why you need to consider drug testing for fentanyl (and other illicit…
Today’s podcast will cover the value of prescription and illicit drug testing and provide insight on the different clinical drug testing methodologies. We will discuss and share information regarding the following: Current state of the drug misuse epidemic in the US The value and clinical utilit…
The convergence of the opioid epidemic and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created new healthcare challenges. Health systems, from a system- and individual clinician-level, are more important than ever in the pursuit of addressing the epidemic within the pandemic. In this sess…
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