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Nadia De Giovanni, Nadia Fucci, Salvatore Scarlata, Giovanni Donzelli

Buprenorphine detection in biological samples

Keywords: alternative matrices, buprenorphine, ELISA

Buprenorphine is a narcotic analgesic used in the treatment of moderate-to-severe pain. In Italy, buprenorphine is now being used as an alternative in the therapeutic treatment of heroin abusers. Even if confirmation methods are needed for identification and quantitation, a rapid and sensitive test, such as an immunoassay, is essential for screening. We evaluated the Buprenorphine One-step ELISA test (designed for serum specimens) for the qualitative determination of buprenorphine in other matrices, such as urine, saliva and hair.

Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 1434-6621
Volume: 43, 12/2005
Pages: 1377 - 1379

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