Forensic Toxicology And Pharamacology

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Toxicology

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Study of poisons.

Question 2

Postmortem drug tests

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Drug testing the goal of determining whether drugs were the cause or contributing factor in a death.

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Workplace drug testing

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Testing job applicants and employees for illegal drugs in there system.

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ADME stands for-

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Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. (The stages in which a drug moves through the body)

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Opiates

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A large class of of drug is distinguished by their ability to cause euphoria and relieve pain. Includes: oxycodone, fetanyl, morphine, and heroin.

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Opiates are classified as:

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Depressants

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Amphetamine

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A large of drugs that creates an excitatory condition, wakefulness and euphoria. Includes: methamphetamines.

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Amphetamines are classified as:

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Stimulants

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Anorexic.

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Appetite suppressants.

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Cocaine

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A substance deprived from erythromycin cocoa plant that creates an excitatory condition state of wakefulness and euphoria. S

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Cannabinoids

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Marijuana and other parts of the plant cannabis with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) as the active ingredient.

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Cocaine is classified as

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Stimulant

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Cannabinoids are classified as

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Depressants

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Polypharmacy

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A mixture of drugs

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Gas chromatography

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Gas flowing through a coated tube separates compounds by their size, weight, and chemical reactivity with the coating of the tube or column.

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Cyanide

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Toxic chemical inhibits the electron transport chain in the mitochondria of cells. Most fatal toxic in its gaseous state is levels above 2509 ng/ml are fatal.

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Carbon monoxide

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The toxic gas that if formed in combustion. This gas binds to hemoglobin tightly than blood and prevents the blood from carrying oxygen. Levels above 60% in the blood are fatal.

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Methemoglobin

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Oxidized form of hemoglobin. The antidote to cyanide poisoning.

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Immunoassays

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Tests using antibodies that react with a drug or substance that recognizes the antibody.

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Thin layer chromatography (TLC)

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The use of a solvent that travels thought a porpoise medium to separate compounds based on their chemical affinity with the solvent and the medium.

Question 21

GC-MS

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Acronym of gas chromatography with mass spectrometry

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Mass spectroscopy

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Technique based on the detection of vaporized molecules and their ironized fragments. The detection and display of the spectra are based on the mass-to-charge ratios of the ions.

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LC-MS

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An analytical instruments that combines a liquid chromatography with a mass spectrometry. Detects more compounds than GC-MS.

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Tandem mass of spectrometry (LC-MS^n)

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A detection system with more than one masss spectrometer in a series. (refers to the number of MS units)

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Colorimetric testing

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A device to characterize color using a spectrometer. Used to test for the presence of metals.