TY  - JOUR
TI  - Quetiapine Abuse in Illicit Drug Users or Sellers: To Screen or Not to Screen?
AB  - Objective: Abuse of psychoactive drugs for therapeutic purposes is becoming more common due to their addiction potential. In many studies,quetiapine has been reported to be abused with illicit drugs. We aimed to point to the abuse and addiction potential of quetiapine by the ratesof quetiapine abuse in blood samples of 4,293 cases who came to our Forensic Toxicology Laboratory by using liquid chromatography-tandemmass spectrometry method.Methods: All cases who were caught by law enforcement officers while using or trading drugs as a requirement of the judicial process initiatedwere drug users or dealers and then they were brought to our forensic toxicology laboratory to obtain blood and urine samples. Quantificationin blood samples was performed in routine laboratory analysis. The cases were asked whether they used any prescription drugs. The therapeuticdrug users were excluded in this study.Results: Quetiapine was positive in 50 of 4,293 cases (1.16%). 93.8% (n=4028) of all cases and all of the positive quetiapine were male. Whilequetiapine was used alone in 11 of 50 cases with quetiapine positivity, quetiapine was used simultaneously with one or more groups of illicitdrugs in the remaining 39 cases.Conclusion: In this study, the most common use of cannabis and quetiapine was determined in cases with drugs of abuse. The monitoring ofquetiapine is essential for preventing drug abuse especially in prone population such as illicit drug abusers and addicts. Forensic ToxicologyLaboratories play an important role in taking necessary preventions related to drug abuse.
AU  - DAĞLIOĞLU, NEBİLE
AU  - GOREN, ISMAIL ETHEM
DO  - 10.17986/blm.1395
PY  - 2021
JO  - Adli Tıp Bülteni
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SN  - 1300-865X
SP  - 85
EP  - 91
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/447172
ER  -