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rimary care clinicians use urine drug testing to monitor compliance in patients prescribed controlled substances.A negative test for the prescribed medication can suggest diversion to family or friends or illicit sale of the medication.Despite not being recommended for this use, qualitative immunoassay screens are frequently used to guide decision making.Urine samples that screen negative are frequently discarded by the laboratory before definitive testing can be performed. Buprenorphine glucuronide>1,000 g/L 5 g/L
Authors
- Stacy E.F. Melanson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4209-6085)
- Nicole V. Tolan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7239-1843)
- Sacha Uljon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5190-6652)
- M. Lauren Donnelly-Morell
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4088/pcc.24cr03889
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00