Pharmacokinetics of GHB and detection window in serum and urine after single uptake of a low dose of GBL - an experiment with two volunteers

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 363-366

  Schröck, Alexandra ^a   Hari, Yvonne ^a   König, Stefan ^a   Auwärter, Volker ^b   Schürch, Stefan ^a   Weinmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

GBL; GHB; LC MS MS; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DRUG DOSAGE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

(GHB) AND Γ-BUTYROLACTONE; BUTYROLACTONES; DETECTION WINDOWS; GHB; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACIDS; LC-MS-MS; LC.MS/MS; LOW DOSE; RECREATIONAL DRUGS; SOFT DRINKS;

PHARMACOKINETICS;

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; RECREATIONAL DRUG; 4-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; OXYBATE SODIUM; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG-FACILITATED SEXUAL ASSAULT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOFT DRINK; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOLUNTEER; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; URINE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM OXYBATE; STREET DRUGS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84898455957     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1498     Document Type: Article

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