Anomalous observations of codeine in patients on morphine

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 776-778

  West, Robert ^a   Crews, Bridgit ^a   Mikel, Charles ^a   Almazan, Perla ^a   Latyshev, Sergey ^a   Pesce, Amadeo ^a   West, Cameron ^a  

^a Millennium Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Codeine; LC MS MS; Morphine; Oxycodone; Pain patients

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OXYCODONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CODEINE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MORPHINE; PAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 73849128121     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e3181c1082a     Document Type: Article

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