Testing for Drugs in the Exhumed Body: Confounding Issues in Quality Control, Specificity & Reliability

Presented at the International Association of Forensic Sciences, August 26, 1999, Los Angeles, CA LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After attending this presentation, the participant will understand: (1) the special problems encountered in analyzing biological samples obtained from embalmed/exhumed bodies, (2) the limitations of conventional immunoassay and chromatographic analytical “screening test” when applied to biological samples obtained from […]

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Driving Under the Influence of Medications: Are Physicians and Pharmacists Adequately Informing Their Patients of the Risks of Medication Use?

News and Views, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Toxicology Section, May 2002 A man is discharged from a hospital-based alcohol detoxification program on 300mg of chlodiazepoxide (Librium), four times per day, to suppress alcohol withdrawal symptoms. His girlfriend picks him up at the hospital, and after months without driving, the patient tells the girlfriend that […]

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