Fentanyl, Acetylfentanyl and Carfentanil in Impaired Driving Cases: A Review of 270 Cases
| Autor: | Matthew P. Juhascik, Elizabeth R. Kiely |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Drug
Chemical Health and Safety business.industry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Retrospective cohort study Impaired driving Acetylfentanyl Toxicology Analytical Chemistry Carfentanil Fentanyl Analgesics Opioid Substance Abuse Detection Anesthesia medicine Environmental Chemistry Humans Drug Overdose business medicine.drug media_common Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of analytical toxicology. 45(9) |
| ISSN: | 1945-2403 |
| Popis: | The detection of fentanyl (FEN) and FEN analogs has been widely communicated throughout the scientific community. While most of the reporting has been in relation to overdose deaths, these drugs are commonly detected in impaired driving cases. A retrospective study of impaired driving cases analyzed between 2017 and 2019 produced 270 cases positive for FEN, carfentanil (CFEN) and/or acetylfentanyl (AFEN). FEN was the predominant drug found in these 270 cases (65.5%) with concentrations ranging from less than 1.0 to 64 ng/mL. CFEN was found alone in 6.6% cases with three concentrations above 1.0 ng/mL. AFEN was always found when FEN was positive with concentrations ranging from |
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