45. Urine Drug Screens and Treatment Retention

Addiction Medicine Journal Club

45. Urine Drug Screens and Treatment Retention

In episode 45 we discuss urine drug screens and treatment retention.

Michener PS, Knee A, Wilson D, Boama-Nyarko E, Friedmann PD. Association of random and observed urine drug screening with long-term retention in opioid treatment programs. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Feb 1;255:111067.

We also discuss storing injectable buprenorphine at room temperature and subliminal menthol in cigarettes.

Sublocade Prescribing Information (Storage update top of page 40)

Andre Luiz Oliveira da Silva, Lauren K. Lempert, Stanton A. Glantz. More than a “characterizing flavor”: Menthol at subliminal levels in tobacco products. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, V 261, 2024, 111346, ISSN 0376-8716.

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