Concepedia

Reassessing the Role of Routine Urine Drug Screening in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

JAMA Internal Medicine · 2021 · 26 citations · 4 references

Concepts

NursingPharmacologyPharmacotherapyClinical PharmacologyDrug LawSubstance Use DisordersOpioid ManagementOpioid PolicyOpioid RegulationOpioid Use DisorderSubstance Abuse PreventionRoutine ScreeningSubstance Use Disorder ScreeningUrine Drug ScreeningUrine Opioid TestingUrine-based Screening

Abstract

This essay considers how routine drug screening for opioids can threaten the trust between patient and physician, transforming a partnership aimed at improving health into a dynamic of judge and accused.

References

4

Appropriate Use of Drug Testing in Clinical Addiction Medicine

Journal of Addiction Medicine · 2017 · 33 citations

Medicine, Pharmacology, Psychiatry +16

Primary Care Providers’ Experiences with Urine Toxicology Tests to Manage Prescription Opioid Misuse and Substance Use among Chronic Noncancer Pain Patients in Safety Net Health Care Settings

Rachel Carmen Ceasar, Jamie Chang, Kara Zamora et al. · Substance Abuse · 2015 · 26 citations · Full text

Nursing, Toxicology, Pain Management +13

Predictive Value of Positive Drug Screening Results in an Urban Outpatient Population

Roger L. Bertholf, Rohit Sharma, Gary M. Reisfield · Journal of Analytical Toxicology · 2016 · 19 citations · Full text

Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Early Detection +12

Opioid and cocaine use among primary care patients on buprenorphine—Self-report and urine drug tests

Sarah M. Bagley, Debbie M. Cheng, Michael Winter et al. · Drug and Alcohol Dependence · 2018 · 14 citations · Full text

Nursing, Family Medicine, Pharmacotherapy +15