False-positive methadone urine drug screen in a patient treated with quetiapine

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-272

  Lasić, Davor ^a   Uglešić, Boran ^a   Žuljan Cvitanović, Marija ^a   Šupe Domić, Daniela ^b   Uglešić, Lovro ^a  

^a University Department of Psychiatry   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

False positive urine drug screen; Methadone; Quetiapine

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; METHADONE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROATIA; CROSS REACTION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSIS; URINALYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINE;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84871868186     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: 13339451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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