2 results about "Substance abuse" patented technology

The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for reducing the addictive liability of opioid analgesics in a subject, for example, by co-administering to the subject the opioid and a serotonin receptor type 2 (5HT2) agonist or a serotonin (5HT) releasing agent. The disclosed methods include methods for preventing opioid abuse, methods for reducing the rewarding effect of an opioid, methods for reducing the addictive liability of an opioid, methods for eliminating or substantially reducing the tendency for a subject to develop physical dependence, tolerance, and / or withdrawal symptoms with respect to an opioid, and methods for eliminating or substantially reducing the tendency for a subject to use opioids in ways not prescribed, take opioids more often or in larger amounts than prescribed, and / or use opioids recreationally. The methods can be performed on a subject, such as a patient (e.g., a human patient).

The present invention relates to roadside analyzer for determination of illegal drugs abuse, including, but not limiting to detection of explosives, toxic industrial chemicals and other banned or regulated compounds, biomarkers and phytochemicals in a sample in situ in at least one human body fluid sample, specifically in oral fluid (saliva), but not limiting to other clinical samples of interest (urine, blood, exhaled breath, exhaled breath condensate, etc.) It consists of automatic processor for preparing samples suitable for analysis. Analysis part of the instrument implements three technologies, namely solid phase extraction prior to analysis, capillary electrophoresis for separation of analytes from the sample matrix and impedance (contactless conductivity) or fluorescence or both impedance (contactless conductivity) and fluorescence for detection of analytes of interest.