Compliance or Abuse? Detectable hydromorphone in patients taking oxycodone
Villalba C, Choucair I, El-Khoury J. Compliance or Abuse? Detectable hydromorphone in patients taking oxycodone. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2022, 158: s5-s6. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqac126.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBilateral upper extremity paresthesiasMetabolites of oxycodoneUpper extremity paresthesiasUrine drug monitoringUrine samplesMiddle-aged womenQuality improvement projectPositive urine samplesAspen collarOpioid therapyOxycodone preparationsMechanical fallOpioid medicationsExtremity paresthesiasCervical diskectomyChronic painSurgical interventionUrine testsOrthopaedic servicesSpinal fusionOxycodonePatientsHydromorphoneDrug monitoringHydrocodoneLow haptoglobin in pregnancy: physiological or intravascular hemolysis?
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