Because the opioid epidemic is such a critical issue to both our nation and our industry, the Cordant news section is launching its first-ever series to look more in-depth at substance use disorder and its treatment options. This first article introduces this complex problem. Later...
Read MoreIn its recent report on leading causes of death in the United States, the CDC estimates that the number of potentially preventable deaths decreased from 2010 to 2014 for three of the five leading causes of death (cancer, stroke and heart disease). However, deaths due...
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s has published its reporting requirements for physicians authorized to prescribe buprenorphine at the increased limit of 275 patients. Previously, practitioners with the appropriate waiver could only prescribe buprenorphine for up to 100 patients per year. The recently finalized...
Read MoreIn order to shine a spotlight on the skyrocketing numbers of opioid-related overdoses, President Obama today declared the nation’s first Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week. Since 1999, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids, including prescription opioid pain relievers, heroin, and fentanyl, has...
Read MoreNewly gathered statistics show a rapid increase in the number of organs being donated from victims who died of opioid overdoses. According to data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, 848 organ donors died of drug intoxication in 2015, a significant jump in this category of...
Read MoreNeel Mehta, MD, medical director of Pain Medicine, Weill-Cornell Pain Medicine Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital; Frank Kunkel, MD, medical director, Accessible Recovery Services (ARS); and Richard Stripp, PhD, chief scientific and technical officer, Sterling Healthcare Services, will be presenting at the International Conference...
Read MoreThis year’s Eastern Pain Society Scientific meeting was held at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City in late October and is one of the largest meetings of pain physicians and fellows in the tri-state area. At the meeting, Naum Shaparin, MD,...
Read MoreSince its initial formation in 2012, Cordant has rapidly expanded its geographic presence, now with five laboratories across the country, in addition to a workers’ compensation division in Tampa, Florida, and a corporate headquarters in Denver, Colorado. Cordant is now one of the largest toxicology...
Read More1. Ethyl glucuronide is a direct, minor metabolite that can be used as a biomarker for ethanol exposure. Like any other toxin, ethanol is excreted from the body in a variety of ways. These include:Direct excretion of ethanol (5–10%) in urine, sweat and breathMetabolic excretion by...
Read More[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text disable_pattern="true" align="left" margin_bottom="0"]According to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, approximately 1.2 million people reported using methamphetamine in the year leading up to the survey, and 440,000 people reported using it within the past month. As methamphetamine use in the...
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