"Drug Contamination" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The presence of organisms, or any foreign material that makes a drug preparation impure.
| Descriptor ID |
D004340
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.360
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| Concept/Terms |
Drug Contamination- Drug Contamination
- Contamination, Drug
- Contaminations, Drug
- Drug Contaminations
Drug Adulteration- Drug Adulteration
- Adulteration, Drug
- Adulterations, Drug
- Drug Adulterations
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Contamination" by people in Profiles.
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Griswold MK, Chai PR, Krotulski AJ, Friscia M, Chapman BP, Varma N, Boyer EW, Logan BK, Babu KM. A Novel Oral Fluid Assay (LC-QTOF-MS) for the Detection of Fentanyl and Clandestine Opioids in Oral Fluid After Reported Heroin Overdose. J Med Toxicol. 2017 Dec; 13(4):287-292.
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Lydecker AG, Sharma A, McCurdy CR, Avery BA, Babu KM, Boyer EW. Suspected Adulteration of Commercial Kratom Products with 7-Hydroxymitragynine. J Med Toxicol. 2016 12; 12(4):341-349.
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Guharoy R, Noviasky J, Haydar Z, Fakih MG, Hartman C. Response. Chest. 2013 Aug; 144(2):717-718.
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Guharoy R, Noviasky J, Haydar Z, Fakih MG, Hartman C. Compounding pharmacy conundrum: "we cannot live without them but we cannot live with them" according to the present paradigm. Chest. 2013 Apr; 143(4):896-900.
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Bateman J, Charrois TL, Gardiner P, Vohra S. A descriptive study evaluating Health Canada's risk communications. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2011 Oct; 20(10):1104-9.
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Courtney J, Boyer E. Case files of the University of Massachusetts fellowship in medical toxicology: lethal dose of opioids contained in an elastomeric capsule labeled as vancomycin. J Med Toxicol. 2008 Sep; 4(3):192-6.
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Guharoy R, Noviasky JA. Time to ban ephedra--now. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2003 Aug 01; 60(15):1580-2.
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Blake MS, Wetzler LM, Gotschlich EC, Rice PA. Developing a gonococcal protein I vaccine. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1989; 251:315-27.