Topics in Drug Testing from Quest Diagnostics
Tune in for expert insights on the latest in toxicology and drug testing.
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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 laboratory instruments to identify and quantify prescription medications, illicit substances, and specific parent drugs and their metabolit...
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 Utility of PEth blood testing for Alcohol detection
- Benefits of Peth blood testing vs urine testing with ...
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 the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
- Summary of key findings from the ...
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 prescribed or suspected
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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 impact a drug's window of detection
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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 understanding of the contributing factors to th...
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 substances) and how ...
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 utility of drug testing
- Overview of the 2 main methodologies of drug testing, presumptive and definitive
The episode will feature Quest...
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 session, Dr Gudin discusses with Dr Pat Alagia on the Quest Dialogues podcast:
- Recently-published data by Quest that demonstrates decreas...
Today’s podcast discussion will focus on clinical care for patients with mental health disorders. Will discuss and share information regarding:
- Mental health disorder and substance abuse prevalence
- The clinical utility of pharmacogenomics in mental health and addiction
- Mental health disorders and medication nonadherence
The episode will...
Today’s podcast discussion will focus on appropriate steps to take to implement an effective Drug Monitoring Protocol in your practice. Key information shared will include:
- Some of the key challenges facing clinicians today
- Important steps to take for implementing a responsible drug monitoring protocol
- How Quest can help
The episode wil...
Today’s podcast discussion will focus on the importance of drug monitoring and the benefits of “alternative” sample collection options during the COVID-19 pandemic. Key information shared will include:
- How clinical drug monitoring is a critical tool to help assess prescription compliance with controlled substances and help identify drug misuse
- Situations, including the COVID-19 pandemic, when in-office collection isn't always p...
Today’s podcast will share results of a recent Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™ publication, The Opioid Epidemic Within the COVID-19 Pandemic: Drug Monitoring in 2020, which was published in the October 2020 edition of Population Health Management. The study objective was to better understand the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and the drug epidemic in the US. To achieve this objective, inv...
Today’s podcast will cover drug testing for stimulants and will highlight some of the challenges in results interpretation for this class of drugs. Important information shared during the discussion will include:
- What is classified as a stimulant
- Analysis of Amphetamine, Methamphetamine, and MDMA
- Interpretation challenges
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Today’s podcast will cover the role of clinical drug monitoring in Behavioral Health and during times of crisis. Important information shared will include:
- Mental Health disorders, diagnosis and prevalence
- The challenge of medication adherence in mental health treatment
- The impact of crises on the treatment of patients with mental health cond...
Today’s podcast will cover key findings from the annual Quest Diagnostics Health Trends report, Drug Misuse in America. Some of the key topics shared will include:
- Summary of analysis of more than 4.4 million de-identified drug monitoring tests performed by Quest Diagnostics from 2011 through 2018
- Findings of a Harris Poll survey of 500 primary care physicians, as part o...
Today’s podcast will cover testing for kratom, a drug of concern. Some of the key information shared will include:
- What is kratom?
- What is the chemical make-up?
- Kratom toxicity and side effects
- Testing for kratom
- Why testing is important?
- How...
Today's podcast will cover why and when to use oral fluid testing. Some key topics shared will include:
- What is oral fluid testing?
- Comparison of oral fluid testing to other methods of testing
- The benefits of oral fluid testing?
- Some of the drugs oral fluid testing can identify?
- Ho...
Today’s podcast will cover dangerous drug combinations and the role of clinical drug monitoring. Some of the key information that will be shared includes:
- What are dangerous drug combinations
- What practitioners and the public need to know about them
- How dangerous drug combinations can work together to lead to side effects
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The podcast will cover screening (drug testing) for alcohol use in pain management and primary care. Topics covered will include:
- Understand drug and alcohol misuse and abuse
- Prevalence rates of alcohol use and misuse, and alcohol use disorders
- Information on alcohol use, and concomitant use with opioids and benzodiazepines
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