Download or read book Handbook of Forensic Drug Analysis written by Fred Smith and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-12-31 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Forensic Drug Analysis is a comprehensive chemical and analytic reference for the forensic analysis of illicit drugs. With chapters written by leading researchers in the field, the book provides in-depth, up-to-date methods and results of forensic drug analyses. This Handbook discusses various forms of the drug as well as the origin and nature of samples. It explains how to perform various tests, the use of best practices, and the analysis of results. Numerous forensic and chemical analytic techniques are covered including immunoassay, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometry. Topics range from the use of immunoassay technologies for drugs-of-abuse testing, to methods of forensic analysis for cannabis, hallucinogens, cocaine, opioids, and amphetamine. The book also looks at synthetic methods and law enforcement concerns regarding the manufacture of illicit drugs, with an emphasis on clandestine methamphetamine production. This Handbook should serve as a widely used reference for forensic scientists, toxicologists, pharmacologists, drug companies, and professionals working in toxicology testing labs, libraries, and poison control centers. It may also be used by chemists, physicians and those in legal and regulatory professions, and students of graduate courses in forensic science. Contributed to by leading scientists from around the world The only analysis book dedicated to illicit drugs of abuse Comprehensive coverage of sampling methods and various forms of analysis

Download or read book Plant Drug Analysis written by Sabine Bladt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant Drug Analysis has proven an invaluable and unique aid for all those involved with drug production and analysis, including pharmacists, chemical and pharmaceutical researchers and technicians, drug importers and exporters, governmental chemical control agencies, and health authorities. From the reviews of the German Edition: "The reviewer would like to recommend this excellent book to all chromatographers, as he considers it highly relevant to the solution of numerous problems. Its main purpose is the demonstration of thin-layer chromatograms of the usual commercial drugs as an aid in testing for identity and purity. ... 165 colour plates, each showing 6 chromatograms and all of superb quality photographs ..." (Journal of Chromatography)

Download or read book Beating Drug Tests and Defending Positive Results written by Amitava Dasgupta and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A majority of the Fortune 500 Companies implement some practice of workplace drug testing in their company policies. This practice was first initiated by President Ronald Reagan when he ordered federal agencies to drug test federal employees involved in sensitive positions as well as positions involving public safety. As a practicing toxicologist, Dr. Amitava Dasgupta is involved with the pre-employment drug testing at his own hospital and aptly shares his expertise in Beating Drug Tests and Defending Positive Results: A Toxicologist’s Perspective, which covers all major issues concerning how people try to beat drug tests and defend positive test results. In each chapter, extensive references are cited so that readers can access more information on a particular topic that may interest them. The book will undoubtedly prove helpful to toxicologists, medical technologists, pathologists, human resources professionals and anyone interested in workplace drug testing.

Download or read book Workplace Drug Testing written by Alain G. Verstraete and published by Pharmaceutical Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive text provides clear explanations of the effects of drugs on human performance and the need for workplace drug testing. It provides essential information on the regulatory and legal frameworks around the world, how to set policies and coverage of all aspects of drug analysis and the associated interpretation of results.Contents include:* epidemiology of drug use in the working population* the evidence base and guidelines for workplace drug testing* legal, regulatory aspects and policies for drugs and alcohol* urine and alternative sample collection process* analytical techniques and specimen adulteration.Case studies of successful programmes are also included to illustrate the principles discussed.Written by internationally acknowledged experts this informative book will be essential reading for anyone interested in workplace drug testing or setting up such a system including clinical and forensic toxicologists, occupational health physicians, nurses, human resources, drug counselling and treatment providers, analytical chemists and lawyers.Alain Verstraete is Professor at the Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium and Department Head of the Toxicology Laboratory of the Laboratory of Clinical Biology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

Download or read book Drugs and Drug Policy written by Mark A.R. Kleiman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there have always been norms and customs around the use of drugs, explicit public policies--regulations, taxes, and prohibitions--designed to control drug abuse are a more recent phenomenon. Those policies sometimes have terrible side-effects: most prominently the development of criminal enterprises dealing in forbidden (or untaxed) drugs and the use of the profits of drug-dealing to finance insurgency and terrorism. Neither a drug-free world nor a world of free drugs seems to be on offer, leaving citizens and officials to face the age-old problem: What are we going to do about drugs? In Drugs and Drug Policy, three noted authorities survey the subject with exceptional clarity, in this addition to the acclaimed series, What Everyone Needs to Know®. They begin, by defining "drugs," examining how they work in the brain, discussing the nature of addiction, and exploring the damage they do to users. The book moves on to policy, answering questions about legalization, the role of criminal prohibitions, and the relative legal tolerance for alcohol and tobacco. The authors then dissect the illicit trade, from street dealers to the flow of money to the effect of catching kingpins, and show the precise nature of the relationship between drugs and crime. They examine treatment, both its effectiveness and the role of public policy, and discuss the beneficial effects of some abusable substances. Finally they move outward to look at the role of drugs in our foreign policy, their relationship to terrorism, and the ugly politics that surround the issue. Crisp, clear, and comprehensive, this is a handy and up-to-date overview of one of the most pressing topics in today's world. What Everyone Needs to Know® is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press.

Download or read book Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis written by Ashutosh Kar and published by New Age International. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book: During the past two decades, there have been magnificent and significant advances in both analytical instrumentation and computerized data handling devices across the globe. In this specific context the remarkable proliferation of windows

Download or read book Analysis of Drug Impurities written by Richard J. Smith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A key component of the overall quality of a pharmaceutical is control of impurities, as their presence, even in small amounts, may affect drug safety and efficacy. The identification and quantification of impurities to acceptable standards presents a significant challenge to the analytical chemist. Analytical science is developing rapidly and provides increasing opportunity to identify the structure, and therefore the origin and safety implications of these impurities, and the challenges of their measurement drives the development of modern quantitative methods. Written for both practicing and student analytical chemists, Analysis of Drug Impurities provides a detailed overview of the challenges and the techniques available to permit accurate identification and quantification of drug impurities.

Download or read book Instrumental Methods of Drug Analysis written by G. Vidya Sagar and published by Pharmamed Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of Drugs and Pharmaceuticals forms the backbone of research and development in Pharmaceutical Industry and Academia. This book is primarily focused towards fulfilling the requirements of B.Pharm.

Download or read book Drug Safety Data written by Michael J. Klepper and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2011 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drug Safety Data: How to Analyze, Summarize and Interpret to Determine Risk provides pharmaceutical scientists, researchers and technicians with an accessible, practical framework for the analysis, summary and interpretation of drug safety data. The only guide of its kind, Drug Safety Data: How to Analyze, Summarize and Interpret to Determine Risk is an invaluable reference for premarketing risk assessment. This unique resource enhances the ability of pharmaceutical professionalsùthose with and without clinical trainingùto determine the risk of a drug or biologic­ ahead of its release, thereby reducing unnecessary jeopardy to the patient. Authors Dr. Michael Klepper and Dr. Barton Cobert, who together bring decades of pharmaceutical research and drug safety expertise, discuss how quality planning, safety training and data standardization result in significant cost, time and resource savings. Through illustrative, step-by-step instruction, Drug Safety Data: How to Analyze, Summarize and Interpret to Determine Risk provides the definitive guide to drug safety data analysis and reporting. Key features include: Step-by-step instruction on how to analyze, summarize and interpret safety data for mandatory governmental safety reports Pragmatic tipsàand mistakes to avoid Simple explanations of what safety data are collected, and what the data mean Practical approaches to determining a drug effect and understanding its clinical significance Guidance for determining risk throughout the lifecycle of a drug, biologic or nutraceutical Examples of user-friendly data displays that enhance safety signal identification Ways to improve data quality and reduce the time, resources and costs involved in mandatory safety reporting Relevant material for the required training of drug safety/pharmacovigilance professionals SPECIAL FEATURE: Actual examples of an Integrated Analysis of Safety (IAS) -used in the preparation of the Integrated Summary of Safety (ISS) and the Summary of Clinical Safety (SCS) reports -, and the Periodic Safety Update Report (PSUR)

Download or read book Drug Testing in Hair written by Pascal Kintz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1996-05-07 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drug Testing in Hair is the first book on this timely and controversial topic. The book's purpose is to validate hair testing as an accepted form of evidence for use in courts and elsewhere, such as the military and the workplace. This volume presents the most recent experiments and clinical applications to provide missing information and insight into the unanswered questions of hair testing. Active researchers working in hair testing have contributed chapters to this book. New data, never before published, are incorporated into the text, so the reader receives cutting-edge information from experts in the field. This is must-have information on everything you need to know about drug testing in hair.

Download or read book Analytical and Practical Aspects of Drug Testing in Hair written by Pascal Kintz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-08-30 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many advances have been made since the publication of Drug Testing in Hair. The mid-1990s witnessed the progress in cannabis detection while the late 1990s focused on benzodiazepines detection and the applications in doping control. In more recent years, toxicologists centered on the detection in hair of a single exposure and the related applicatio

Download or read book Handbook of Drug Analysis written by Ray H. Liu and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers preliminary test and chromatographic methods in forensic drug testing. Reviews identification methods such as molecular spectrophotometry, nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass spectrometry. Discusses the fundamental relationship between instrumentation and drug analysis. Evaluates the characteristics and pretreatment approaches for common sample categories. Presents in-depth test result interpretation on issues commonly encountered in workplace drug urinalysis. Analyzes and compares performance characteristics of immunoassays commonly used for workplace drug urinalysis.

Download or read book The Analysis of Controlled Substances written by Michael D. Cole and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-07-25 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting new developments in sampling and drug profiling, this book also provides practical information on how to carry out analysis, what the results mean and how they can be used as court evidence and for drugs intelligence purposes. * Includes case-studies with full data and spectra, helping readers to identify substances * Accessibly organized by class of compound * Contains an up-to-date list of the newest drugs

Download or read book Instrumental Data for Drug Analysis Third Edition 6 Volume Set written by Terry Mills, III and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-08-30 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding current, detailed information on the analysis of drug-related compounds is challenging at best. While almost everyone engaged in the study of these compounds has accumulated a vast variety of data over time, a single-source, comprehensive review of that data would be an invaluable resource to have. Instrumental Data for Drug Analysis (IDDA), Third Edition is that resource, presenting the latest information on these compounds in a thorough, straightforward format. What's new in the Third Edition: Presents FT-Raman Spectra tables Includes information and analysis relating to 125 new drugs, including Zoloft, Claritin, Ambien, and the latest generation of narcotics Organizes information on each drug in a simple, streamlined format

Download or read book A Comprehensive Guide to Toxicology in Preclinical Drug Development written by Ali S. Faqi and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-11-02 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Comprehensive Guide to Toxicology in Preclinical Drug Development is designed for toxicologists who need a thorough understanding of the drug development process. This multi-contributed reference will provide a detailed picture of the complex and highly interrelated activities of preclinical toxicology in both small molecules and biologics --

Download or read book LC MS in Drug Analysis written by Loralie J. Langman and published by Humana Press. This book was released on 2012-07-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liquid-Chromatography-Mass-Spectrometry procedures have been shown to be successful when applied to drug development and analysis. LC-MS in Drug Analysis: Methods and Protocols provides detailed LC-MS/MS procedures for the analysis of several compounds of clinical significance. The first chapters provide the reader with an overview of mass spectroscopy, its place in clinical practice, its application of MS to TDM and toxicology, and the merits of LC-MS(/MS) and new sample preparation techniques. The following chapters discuss different approaches to screening for drugs of abuse and for general unknowns, as well as targeted measurement of specific analytes or classes of analytes including abused drugs, toxic compounds, and therapeutic agents. Written in the successful Methods in Molecular BiologyTM series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and easily accessible, LC-MS in Drug Analysis: Methods and Protocols seeks to serve both professionals and novices with its well-honed methodologies.

Download or read book Mass Spectrometry in Sports Drug Testing written by Mario Thevis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-12-13 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enables you to detect, identify, and characterize hundreds of drugs that may be used by athletes Mass spectrometry has become essential to sports drug testing. This book examines both the principles of sports drug testing and the use of mass spectrometry techniques and mass spectral data to detect, identify, and characterize hundreds of known and unknown drugs that athletes may use to enhance their performance. The author provides a detailed overview of the mass spectrometry of numerous classes of therapeutics and agents, various analyzers to detect low- and high-molecular weight drugs, as well as techniques to discriminate between endogenously produced and synthetically derived compounds. Mass Spectrometry in Sports Drug Testing begins with a full chapter dedicated to the history of sports drug testing. Next, the book provides the principles and techniques needed to maximize the specificity and sensitivity of mass spectrometric assays, including: Detailed, step-by-step assays with sample preparation Discussion of both chromatographic separation and mass spectrometric analysis Characterization of analytes in order to unequivocally identify banned substances Mass spectrometric behavior of low- and high-molecular weight analytes Throughout the book, descriptive examples illustrate the principles, advantages, and limitations of different assays. Mass Spectrometry in Sports Drug Testing not only sets forth the role mass spectrometry plays in detecting drug use among athletes, it also adds new insights into the health and ethical issues of doping in sports.