Open AccessEvidence of Designer Benzodiazepine Use in Routine Healthcare Urine Drug Specimens
Author(s) -
Jeneva M Garland,
Jason D Hull,
Chantel L. Bender,
Lucas Marshall,
Andrew C Holt
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of addiction medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1935-3227
pISSN - 1932-0620
DOI - 10.1097/adm.0000000000000884
Subject(s) - benzodiazepine , medicine , medical prescription , drug , pharmacology , pharmacy , zolpidem , buprenorphine , emergency medicine , opioid , family medicine , receptor , insomnia
The illicit drug market continuously evolves, with new substances introduced to mimic prescription or other illicit drugs while evading detection by routine drug testing. The objective was to determine if designer benzodiazepines would be present in urine samples collected from patients in various healthcare settings.