Topics in Drug Testing from Quest Diagnostics questdrugtesting

Drug testing plays a critical role in combating the drug misuse epidemic. There are 2 main methods of clinical drug testing: presumptive testing, which includes rapid point-of-care (POC) devices as well as more sensitive laboratory immunoassays; and definitive testing, which uses highly complex laboratory instruments to identify and quantify prescription medications, illicit substances, and specific parent drugs and their metabolites, often missed by POC testing.
In today’s podcast episode, Quest Drug Monitoring & Toxicology experts will cover:
Overview of the different types of drug testing
Limitations of point-of-care drug testing
Quest best practices for responsible drug testing
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To listen to other podcasts in our Topics in Drug Testing series, please visit QuestDrugTesting.com. At Quest Diagnostics, we are committed to providing you results and insights to support your clinical decisions.

Today’s episode is with Quest Diagnostics senior medical advisor, Dr Jeff Gudin, and Dr Jack Kain, director and medical science liaison for the Quest Drug Monitoring and Toxicology business.
The podcast will cover:
Overview of the new Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) blood test from Quest 
Clinical Utility of PEth blood testing for Alcohol detection 
Benefits of Peth blood testing vs urine testing with ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and ethyl sulfate (EtS)
You may download a PDF version of this presentation here >>
To listen to other podcasts in our Topics in Drug Testing series, please visit QuestDrugTesting.com.
At Quest Diagnostics, we are committed to providing you results and insight to support your clinical decisions.

Welcome to the Quest Diagnostics “topics in drug testing” podcast. Today’s episode is with Quest Diagnostics senior medical advisor, Dr Jeff Gudin, and Dr Jack Kain, director and medical science liaison for the Quest Drug Monitoring and Toxicology business.
The podcast will cover:
Summary of the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioidsfor Pain
Summary of key findings from the Quest Diagnostics Health Trends report,Drug Misuse in America 2022—A Decade Lost to the Drug Crisis
You may download a PDF of this presentation here >>
To listen to other podcasts in our Topics in Drug Testing series, please visit QuestDrugTesting.com.
At Quest Diagnostics, we are committed to providing you results and insight to support your clinical decisions.

Learning objectives for the podcast include:
Learn how ketamine is increasingly being used as an anesthetic, analgesic, antidepressant, …and a hallucinogen1
Gain an understanding of the risks of ketamine use and ways it is misused
Appreciate the role of drug testing when ketamine is prescribed or suspected
You may download a PDF version of this presentation here >>
To listen to other podcasts in our Topics in Drug Testing series or learn more about the comprehensive drug testing offering from Quest Diagnostics, please visit QuestDrugMonitoring.com. There you will find our Drug Monitoring Test Directory, as well as educational resources and insights from our team of toxicology experts. At Quest Diagnostics, we are committed to providing you results and insight to support your clinical decisions.
 
1. Bahr R, Lopez A, Rey JA. Intranasal Esketamine(SpravatoTM) for use in treatment-resistant depression In conjunction with an oral antidepressant.P&T. 2019;44(6):340-375.

Objectives for the podcast include:
Understand drug metabolism and how prescription and illicit drugs and their metabolites are eliminated from the body
Learn about drug half-life and windows of detection, and how they are related
Gain a deeper understanding of specific variables that can impact a drug's window of detection
You may download a PDF version of this presentation here >>
To listen to other podcasts in our Topics in Drug Testing series or learn more about the comprehensive drug testing offering from Quest Diagnostics, please visit QuestDrugMonitoring.com. There you will find our Drug Monitoring Test Directory, as well as educational resources and insights from our team of toxicology experts. At Quest Diagnostics, we are committed to providing you results and insights to support your clinical decisions.

Objectives for the podcast include:
Hear results from the recent Quest Diagnostics Health Trends report which combines data from a Harris Poll survey of over 500 primary care physicians, with results of clinical drug laboratory testing performed by Quest Diagnostics across the US
Gain a deeper understanding of the contributing factors to the significant surge in drug overdose deaths that we have seen in the US
Learn about barriers health professionals face in their ability to monitor and intervene with their patients at risk for drug misuse
You may download a PDF version of this presentation here >>
To listen to other podcasts in our Topics in Drug Testing series or learn more about the comprehensive drug testing offering from Quest Diagnostics, please visit QuestDrugMonitoring.com. There you will find our Drug Monitoring Test Directory, as well as educational resources and insights from our team of toxicology experts. At Quest Diagnostics, we are committed to providing you results and insight to support your clinical decisions.