Today’s podcast will cover dangerous drug combinations and the role of clinical drug monitoring. Some of the key information that will be shared includes:

• What are dangerous drug combinations
• What practitioners and the public need to know about them
• How dangerous drug combinations can work together to lead to side effects
  • Certain combinations predispose people to a greater risk of overdose and death
  • Combinations that can affect drug levels, creating a pharmacokinetic drug–drug interaction
  • Certain combinations that may result in excessive sedation
• How drug testing can help
  • A tool to identify dangerous drug combinations
  • How drug testing identifies metabolites unique to a substance

This episode features Quest Diagnostics Senior Medical Advisor Dr Jeff Gudin and Medical Science Liaison Dr Jack Kain. 

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