Podcasts: Toxicology

UDS results can impact decisions related to a patient’s treatment, including discontinuation of opioid therapy or removal of the patient from the treatment program, explains Barbarajean Magnani, MD, PhD, FCAP, in this CAPcast interview.

Drug testing is critical to patient care, whether it’s for compliance with prescribed medications, identification of drugs in the immediate overdose setting, or exposure to toxins that may cause long-term deleterious effects, such as lead.