Fighting the Opioid Epidemic

Download or read book Fighting the Opioid Epidemic written by Amitava Dasgupta and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2020-07-22 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighting the Opioid Epidemic: The Role of Providers and the Clinical Laboratory in Understanding Who Is Vulnerable covers the important aspects that are essential in fighting the opioid epidemic. This succinct reference highlights how the toxicology laboratory can play a vital role in fighting the opioid epidemic by implementing a robust system for drugs of abuse testing as well as drug testing in pain management patients. It targets health care professionals in a technical manner, discussing polymorphisms of important genes that may be associated with increased vulnerability of alcohol and drug addiction to an individual.