PRESENTER:
Esther Giesbrecht, ART
Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, Toronto

COURSE CONTENT:
This seminar is an overview of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology.  The seminar will also feature a presentation by an Emergency Room physician on "Treatment perspectives for overdosed/poisoned patients".  A variety of case studies will be used to define the complexity of the topic as well as illustrate how to deal with unusual situations and problematic samples.

Topics will include:
What's new in TDM
A review of drug classes
Herbal remedies, club drugs, "date-rape" drugs
A review of methodologies
Choosing and evaluating a method
Unique analytical challenges

OBJECTIVES:
Attendees will gain a better understanding of:
The scope of drug testing
Recent advances and pitfalls in methodologies
Changing technologies
"New" street drugs
How lab results affect treatment decisions

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