False positive urine drug screening for tricyclic antidepressants in patients taking quetiapine

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 792-

  Chathanchirayil, Saji Joseph ^a  

^a Goulburn Valley Area Mental Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FLUPENTIXOL DECANOATE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; THYROXINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; EPILEPSY; EVENING DOSAGE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LETTER; MALE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; RAPID CYCLING BIPOLAR DISORDER;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISPERIDONE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 80052469099     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.580451     Document Type: Letter

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