Laboratory approach for diagnosis of toluene-based inhalant abuse in a clinical setting

The steady increase of inhalant abuse is a great challenge for analytical toxicologists. This review describes an overview of inhalant abuse including the extent of the problem, types of products abused, modes of administration, pharmacology and effects of inhalants, the role of laboratory, interpre...

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Autores principales: Jain, Raka, Verma, Arpita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4766772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26957863
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.164293
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description The steady increase of inhalant abuse is a great challenge for analytical toxicologists. This review describes an overview of inhalant abuse including the extent of the problem, types of products abused, modes of administration, pharmacology and effects of inhalants, the role of laboratory, interpretation of laboratory results and clinical considerations. Regular laboratory screening for inhalant abuse as well as other substance abuse and health risk behaviors must be a part of standard clinical care.
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spelling pubmed-47667722016-03-08 Laboratory approach for diagnosis of toluene-based inhalant abuse in a clinical setting Jain, Raka Verma, Arpita J Pharm Bioallied Sci Review Article The steady increase of inhalant abuse is a great challenge for analytical toxicologists. This review describes an overview of inhalant abuse including the extent of the problem, types of products abused, modes of administration, pharmacology and effects of inhalants, the role of laboratory, interpretation of laboratory results and clinical considerations. Regular laboratory screening for inhalant abuse as well as other substance abuse and health risk behaviors must be a part of standard clinical care. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4766772/ /pubmed/26957863 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.164293 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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