Amitava Dasgupta

Fighting the Opioid Epidemic (eBook, ePUB)

The Role of Providers and the Clinical Laboratory in Understanding Who is Vulnerable

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

• Covers all important aspects of opioid abuse, including genetic and environmental factors
• Discusses pharmacology, toxicology and the pharmacogenomics related to opioid metabolism
• Presents genetic and environmental factors associated with those vulnerable to opioid addiction, as well as the pitfalls of drug testing in pain management

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128223901
• Artikelnr.: 61688122

Autorenporträt

Dr. Amitava Dasgupta received his Ph.D degree in Chemistry from Stanford University and received his medical training in Toxicology and Clinical Chemistry from the Laboratory Medicine Department of the University of Washington School Of Medicine at Seattle. He is board certified in both Toxicology and Clinical Chemistry by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry. He is a tenured Full Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center located at the Texas Medical Center at Houston. He is also the Director of Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratory of Memorial-Hermann Laboratory Services, the major clinical teaching hospital of the University of Texas. In addition, he is also the Medical Director of Memorial-TIRR Hospital laboratory services.

Dr. Dasgupta has published over 235 scientific papers and edited, co-edited, authored or co-authored 20 books including books published by Elsevier. He is on the Editorial Board of five major medical journals including American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Clinica Chimica Acta and Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis. He lectures both nationally and internationally on drug and alcohol testing and acts as an expert witness for the State of Texas for alcohol and drug related criminal prosecutions.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Crude Opium, Morphine, Codeine, and Heroin: Past and Present2 Prescription Opioids: An Overview3 Opioid Abuse and Opioid Epidemic4 Genetic Factors Associated With Opioid Therapy and Opioid Addiction5 Environmental Factors Linked to Opioids, Drugs, and Alcohol Abuse6 Poppy Seed Defense and Workplace Drug Testing: Does It Work in the Court?7 Drug Testing in Pain Management

Rezensionen

"This is a very nice, comprehensive book on the opioid epidemic. It should be a required bookshelf addition to any clinical laboratory performing drug testing." --Doody Doody