The importance of updatable analytical screening methods for new psychoactive substances in clinical and forensic toxicology. 2022

D Berardinelli, and P Berretta, and F Umani Ronchi, and A Di Trana
Department of Excellence of Biomedical Science and Public Health, Faculty of medicine, University "Politecnica delle Marche", Ancona, Italy.

The continuous emergence of New Psychoactive Substances enter-ing the illegal markets poses always new challenges to forensic and clinical toxicology laboratories facing the lack of analytical methods capable of determining the newer parent compounds and eventual metabolites. More than 50 new molecules have been reported by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction only in 2021, further expanding the panel of target analytes. However, the implementation of new detection methodologies may not be viable due to time constraints and inadequate resources. To this concern, the updatable analytical screening methods constitute a powerful tool for pharmacotoxicological laboratories investigating both non biological seizure materials and conventional and non conventional matrices coming from intoxications and fatalities of drugs consumers.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011619 Psychotropic Drugs A loosely defined grouping of drugs that have effects on psychological function. Here the psychotropic agents include the antidepressive agents, hallucinogens, and tranquilizing agents (including the antipsychotics and anti-anxiety agents). Psychoactive Agent,Psychoactive Agents,Psychoactive Drug,Psychopharmaceutical,Psychopharmaceuticals,Psychotropic Drug,Psychoactive Drugs,Agent, Psychoactive,Agents, Psychoactive,Drug, Psychoactive,Drug, Psychotropic,Drugs, Psychoactive,Drugs, Psychotropic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D053593 Forensic Toxicology The application of TOXICOLOGY knowledge to questions of law. Toxicology, Forensic
D019966 Substance-Related Disorders Disorders related to substance use or abuse. Chemical Dependence,Drug Abuse,Drug Addiction,Drug Dependence,Drug Habituation,Drug Use Disorder,Drug Use Disorders,Organic Mental Disorders, Substance-Induced,Substance Abuse,Substance Dependence,Substance Related Disorder,Substance Use,Substance Use Disorder,Substance Use Disorders,Prescription Drug Abuse,Substance Addiction,Abuse, Drug,Abuse, Prescription Drug,Abuse, Substance,Addiction, Drug,Addiction, Substance,Chemical Dependences,Dependence, Chemical,Dependence, Drug,Dependence, Substance,Dependences, Chemical,Disorder, Drug Use,Disorder, Substance Related,Disorder, Substance Use,Disorders, Substance Related,Drug Abuse, Prescription,Habituation, Drug,Organic Mental Disorders, Substance Induced,Related Disorder, Substance,Related Disorders, Substance,Substance Abuses,Substance Uses,Use, Substance

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