The podcast will cover screening (drug testing) for alcohol use in pain management and primary care. Topics covered will include:

• Understand drug and alcohol misuse and abuse
  • Prevalence rates of alcohol use and misuse, and alcohol use disorders
  • Information on alcohol use, and concomitant use with opioids and benzodiazepines
• Screening guidelines
  • Tools and types of tests
• Testing for alcohol
  • Breathalyzer
  • Advances in testing
  • Biomarkers
  • Other considerations
  • Quest Diagnostics approach

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

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