During routine drug analysis with the Syva d.a.u. Emit immunoassays we observed a high frequency of urines with lower rates of changes in absorbance (delta A R) than the rate for a drug-free urine calibrator. Many of these urines contained salicylates. Among 40 urines with apparent salicylate concentrations between 15 and 420 mg/dL tested for benzoylecgonine (BE), 20 had delta A R < -4 (range +...

Recent studies show that the rate of cocaine use by pregnant women in the United States is much higher than realized hitherto, and an increasing number of infants are being born to cocaine-using mothers. In an ongoing research project to study the effects of cocaine on pregnancy outcome, we studied 70 infants born to cocaine-using women. These infants were matched to a drug-free comparison grou...

We describe a procedure for measuring concentrations of cocaine in plasma by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, with ion-pairing. The procedure involves solvent extraction followed by back-extraction with dilute acid. The n-propyl ester of benzoylecgonine is used as an internal standard. An evaporation step is not required, and concentrations as low as 5 micrograms/L can be ...

Knowledge about the stability of drugs in biological specimens is critical to proper interpretation of test results. Literature pertaining to the stability of drugs of abuse in blood, urine, saliva, and tissue specimens is reviewed in this article. Ethanol-related information are also included as it is an abused drug and its stability in blood and urine has been the subject of many studies. Oth...

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: Cocaine abuse is a serious global public health and social problem, cocaine detoxification remains challenge. Benzoylecgonine (BE) the main toxic metabolite after consumption, with longer retention time in body environment than itself. According to many studies, toxicity of BE humans as significant Moreover, recognized an addictive drug contaminant environment, especially freshwater system, l...