Toxicology Flashcards
What is considered the gold standard of testing?
MS coupled with GC or HPLC
What is the most widely used and abused substance?
Ethanol
Methanol is commonly used as?
A solvent
What is commonly available usually as a rubbing alcohol?
Isopropanol
Ethylene Glycol is commonly used in?
Hydraulic Fluid
Antifreeze
What is the method of choice for testing Ethanol?
Enzymatic Spectrophotometry
What is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas?
Carbon Monoxide
What does ingestion of CO usually result in?
Cellular Hypoxia
What requires a rapid turnaround time due to it’s toxicity by binding to heme iron?
Cyanide
Salicylates and Acetaminophen are what?
Commonly seen in clinical overdose
What is a commonly used analgesic, antipyretic, and anti inflammatory drug and what is it associated with?
Aspirin
Metabolic Acidosis
What are methods of Salicylate measurement based on?
Trinder
What is a commonly used analgesic drug?
Acetaminophen
Who is more susceptible to Acetaminophen toxicity?
Alcoholic patients
What drug is used for narcolepsy and ADD
Amphetamines