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Reisfield GM, Teitelbaum SA, Jones JT, Mathias K, Lewis B. Urine and hair drug test results associated with daily consumption of codeine-predominant poppy seed food products. J Anal Toxicol 2024; 48:27-36. [PMID: 37987376 DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkad083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023] Open
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This study examined the urine and hair opiate profiles associated with the daily consumption of presumptive codeine-predominant poppy seed food products. Ten participants consumed one of five food products at breakfast for 10 consecutive days. Baseline urine and hair samples were collected on Day 1. The urine samples were collected 4, 8 and 12 h following poppy seed consumption on Days 1 and 10, and the first morning void urine samples were collected on Days 2-10. A second hair specimen was collected on Day 20 ± 2. Urine drug test results: Three of the food products were associated with opiate-negative urine drug test results at all time points at a 300 ng/mL cut-off. Two of the food products were associated with opiate-positive drug test results at all non-baseline time points at a 300 ng/mL cut-off. Of these, all samples (n = 60) were codeine-positive, and 27 (45%) were morphine-positive. Codeine concentrations exceeded morphine concentrations in every sample and always by multiples. Thirty-nine of the 60 samples (65%) were codeine-positive at a 2,000 ng/mL cut-off, while none of these samples were morphine-positive at this cut-off. None of the 60 samples reached an opiate threshold of 15,000 ng/mL, although one participant produced a maximum codeine concentration of 13,161 ng/mL (13,854 ng/mg creatinine). There was no clear trend toward increasing urinary opiate concentrations over the course of the study. Hair drug test results: The hair samples of two participants produced quantifiable codeine (41 pg/mg and 51 pg/mg), but no sample reached a common reporting threshold of 200 pg/mg for codeine or morphine.
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- Gary M Reisfield
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine, UF Health Springhill 1, 4037 NW 86th Terrace, Gainesville, FL 32606, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine, Florida Recovery Center, 4001 SW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL 32065, USA
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- United States Drug Testing Laboratories, Inc., 1700 S. Mt. Prospect Road, Des Plaines, IL 60018, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine, Florida Recovery Center, 4001 SW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL 32065, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine, Florida Recovery Center, 4001 SW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL 32065, USA
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Reisfield GM, Teitelbaum SA, Jones JT. Poppy Seed Consumption May Be Associated with Codeine-Only Urine Drug Test Results. J Anal Toxicol 2023; 47:107-113. [PMID: 36181466 DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkac079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Consumption of poppy seed-containing food products can result in opiate-positive urine drug test results and may pose challenges in distinguishing poppy seed consumption from opiate administration. In this context, guidance has suggested that codeine concentrations exceeding 300 ng/mL coupled with morphine-to-codeine ratios <2 are indicative of codeine consumption and, therefore, exclude poppy seed consumption as a legitimate explanation for the test result. In recent years, we performed independent medical examinations of three individuals who produced codeine-positive/morphine-negative (300 ng/mL) forensic urine drug test results but denied codeine administration, attributing their test results to the consumption of specific poppy seed-containing food products. In the present study, 11 participants consumed one of the 10 unique poppy seed-containing food products, including the three implicated food products. Six of 33 non-baseline urine samples (18%)-representing three food products-were positive for codeine and negative for morphine at 300 ng/mL cut-offs (and therefore featured morphine-to-codeine ratios <2). This study adds to a small literature indicating that consumption of poppy seed-containing food products cannot reliably be distinguished from codeine administration based on previously published urinary opiate concentrations and ratios. An important caveat is that in none of these cases did maximum urinary codeine concentrations exceed 1,300 µg/g creatinine.
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- Gary M Reisfield
- University of Florida College of Medicine, UF Health Springhill 1, 4037 NW 86th Terrace, Gainesville, FL 32606, USA
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- Florida Recovery Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine, 4001 SW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL 32065, USA
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- United States Drug Testing Laboratories, Inc., 1700 S. Mt. Prospect Road, Des Plaines, IL 60018, USA
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Kapur BM, Aleksa K. What the lab can and cannot do: clinical interpretation of drug testing results. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 2020; 57:548-585. [PMID: 32609540 DOI: 10.1080/10408363.2020.1774493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Urine drug testing is one of the objective tools available to assess adherence. To monitor adherence, quantitative urinary results can assist in differentiating "new" drug use from "previous" (historical) drug use. "Spikes" in urinary concentration can assist in identifying patterns of drug use. Coupled chromatographic-mass spectrometric methods are capable of identifying very small amounts of analyte and can make clinical interpretation rather challenging, specifically for drugs that have a longer half-life. Polypharmacy is common in treatment and rehabilitation programs because of co-morbidities. Medications prescribed for comorbidities can cause drug-drug interaction and phenoconversion of genotypic extensive metabolizers into phenotypic poor metabolizers of the treatment drug. This can have significant impact on both pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic properties of the treatment drug. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) coupled with PKs can assist in interpreting the effects of phenoconversion. TDM-PKs reflects the cumulative effects of pathophysiological changes in the patient as well as drug-drug interactions and should be considered for treatment medications/drugs used to manage pain and treat substance abuse. Since only a few enzyme immunoassays for TDM are available, this is a unique opportunity for clinical laboratory scientists to develop TDM-PK protocols that can have a significant impact on patient care and personalized medicine. Interpretation of drug screening results should be done with caution while considering pharmacological properties and the presence or absence of the parent drug and its metabolites. The objective of this manuscript is to review and address the variables that influence interpretation of different drugs analyzed from a rehabilitation and treatment programs perspective.
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- Bhushan M Kapur
- Clini Tox Inc., Oakville, Canada.,Seroclinix Corporation, Mississauga, Canada
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Simultaneous quantification of urinary 6‑sulfatoxymelatonin and 8‑hydroxy‑2′‑deoxyguanosine using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2018; 1095:119-126. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2018.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Revised: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Williams I, Gatchie L, Bharate SB, Chaudhuri B. Biotransformation, Using Recombinant CYP450-Expressing Baker's Yeast Cells, Identifies a Novel CYP2D6.10 A122V Variant Which Is a Superior Metabolizer of Codeine to Morphine Than the Wild-Type Enzyme. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:8903-8912. [PMID: 31459022 PMCID: PMC6644518 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b00809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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CYP2D6, a cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzyme, metabolizes codeine to morphine. Within the human body, 0-15% of codeine undergoes O-demethylation by CYP2D6 to form morphine, a far stronger analgesic than codeine. Genetic polymorphisms in wild-type CYP2D6 (CYP2D6-wt) are known to cause poor-to-extensive metabolism of codeine and other CYP2D6 substrates. We have established a platform technology that allows stable expression of human CYP genes from chromosomal loci of baker's yeast cells. Four CYP2D6 alleles, (i) chemically synthesized CYP2D6.1, (ii) chemically synthesized CYP2D6-wt, (iii) chemically synthesized CYP2D6.10, and (iv) a novel CYP2D6.10 variant CYP2D6-C (i.e., CYP2D6.10A122V) isolated from a liver cDNA library, were cloned for chromosomal integration in yeast cells. When expressed in yeast, CYP2D6.10 enzyme shows weak activity compared with CYP2D6-wt and CYP2D6.1 which have moderate activity, as reported earlier. Surprisingly, however, the CYP2D6-C enzyme is far more active than CYP2D6.10. More surprisingly, although CYP2D6.10 is a known low metabolizer of codeine, yeast cells expressing CYP2D6-C transform >70% of codeine to morphine, which is more than twice that of cells expressing the extensive metabolizers, CYP2D6.1, and CYP2D6-wt. The latter two enzymes predominantly catalyze formation of codeine's N-demethylation product, norcodeine, with >55% yield. Molecular modeling studies explain the specificity of CYP2D6-C for O-demethylation, validating observed experimental results. The yeast-based CYP2D6 expression systems, described here, could find generic use in CYP2D6-mediated drug metabolism and also in high-yield chemical reactions that allow the formation of regio-specific dealkylation products.
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- Ibidapo
S. Williams
- CYP
Design Ltd, The Innovation Centre, 49 Oxford Street, Leicester LE1 5XY, U.K.
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- CYP
Design Ltd, The Innovation Centre, 49 Oxford Street, Leicester LE1 5XY, U.K.
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- Medicinal
Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute
of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu 180001, India
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- CYP
Design Ltd, The Innovation Centre, 49 Oxford Street, Leicester LE1 5XY, U.K.
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Maas A, Madea B, Hess C. Confirmation of recent heroin abuse: Accepting the challenge. Drug Test Anal 2017; 10:54-71. [DOI: 10.1002/dta.2244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Alexandra Maas
- Department of Forensic Toxicology; University Bonn, Institute of Forensic Medicine; Bonn Germany
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- Department of Forensic Toxicology; University Bonn, Institute of Forensic Medicine; Bonn Germany
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- Department of Forensic Toxicology; University Bonn, Institute of Forensic Medicine; Bonn Germany
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Samano KL, Clouette RE, Rowland BJ, Sample RHB. Concentrations of Morphine and Codeine in Paired Oral Fluid and Urine Specimens Following Ingestion of a Poppy Seed Roll and Raw Poppy Seeds. J Anal Toxicol 2015; 39:655-61. [PMID: 26378141 PMCID: PMC4570939 DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkv081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Interpretation of opiate drug test results can be challenging due to casual dietary consumption of poppy seeds, which may contain variable opiate content. Opiate concentrations in paired oral fluid (OF), collected with the Oral-Eze(®) Oral Fluid Collection System, and urine were analyzed after ingestion of poppy seeds from the same source, consumed raw or contained in a roll. In Part 1, 12 individuals consumed equal portions of a poppy seed roll. For Part 2, the same individuals consumed an equivalent quantity of raw poppy seeds, containing ∼3.2 mg of morphine and 0.6 mg of codeine. Specimens were analyzed both by enzyme immunoassay (opiates) and by GC-MS (morphine/codeine). Urinary morphine was between 155-1,408 (roll) and 294-4,213 ng/mL (raw), measured at 2, 4, 6 and 20 h post-ingestion. Urinary codeine concentrations between 140-194 (roll) and 121-664 ng/mL (raw) were observed up to 6 h post-ingestion. Following consumption of raw poppy seeds, OF specimens were positive, above LOQ, from 0.25 to 3.0 h with morphine ranging from 7 to 600 ng/mL and codeine from 8 to 112 ng/mL. After poppy seed roll consumption, morphine concentrations of 7-143 ng/mL were observed up to 1.5 h with codeine detected in only 5.5% of OF specimens and ranging from 8 to 28 ng/mL. Combined with the existing poppy seed literature, these results support previous findings and provide guidance for interpretation of OF opiate testing.
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- Kimberly L Samano
- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, Employer Solutions, 10101 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66219, USA
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- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, Employer Solutions, 10101 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66219, USA
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- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, Employer Solutions, 10101 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66219, USA
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- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, Employer Solutions, 10101 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66219, USA
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Andersson M, Stephanson N, Öhman I, Terzuoli T, Lindh JD, Beck O. Direct and efficient liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric method for opiates in urine drug testing - importance of 6-acetylmorphine and reduction of analytes. Drug Test Anal 2013; 6:317-24. [DOI: 10.1002/dta.1486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Revised: 03/07/2013] [Accepted: 03/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Maria Andersson
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology; Karolinska Institute and University Hospital; Stockholm Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology; Karolinska Institute and University Hospital; Stockholm Sweden
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- Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology; Karolinska Institute and University Hospital; Stockholm Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology; Karolinska Institute and University Hospital; Stockholm Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology; Karolinska Institute and University Hospital; Stockholm Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology; Karolinska Institute and University Hospital; Stockholm Sweden
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Van Thuyne W, Van Eenoo P, Delbeke FT. Nutritional supplements: prevalence of use and contamination with doping agents. Nutr Res Rev 2012; 19:147-58. [PMID: 19079882 DOI: 10.1079/nrr2006122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Based upon recent sales numbers, nutritional supplements play a key role in the lifestyle of a substantial proportion of the population. As well as products such as vitamins or minerals, several precursors of anabolic steroids are marketed as nutritional supplements. Another group of commercially available supplements are products for weight loss based upon herbal formulations originating from Ephedra species. Apart from supplements indicating the presence of these active compounds, numerous non-hormonal nutritional supplements were found that were contaminated with non-labelled anabolic steroids. Stimulating agents other than naturally occurring analogues of ephedrine were detected. A major group using dietary supplements are sportsmen, ranging from amateur level to elite athletes. Besides the possible health risks associated with the use of dietary supplements, athletes should take care not to violate the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency because athletes remain responsible for substances detected in their biofluids, irrespective of their origin. Several analytical methods have been developed to determine the presence of doping agents as contaminants. The present review attempts to address the issues concerning the use of nutritional supplements and the detection of doping agents as contaminants in dietary supplements.
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- W Van Thuyne
- Doping Control Laboratory, Department of Clinical Biology, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University - UGent, Technologiepark 30B, B-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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Urinary morphine and codeine concentrations after ingestion of bean-jam buns decorated with poppy seeds. Forensic Toxicol 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s11419-010-0099-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Development of a voltammetric procedure for assay of thebaine at a multi-walled carbon nanotubes electrode: quantification and electrochemical studies. J Solid State Electrochem 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s10008-009-0921-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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El-Haj BM, Al-Amri AM, Ali HS, Ahmed I. GC-MS detection and characterization of thebaine as a urinary marker of opium use. Forensic Toxicol 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s11419-007-0028-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bosch ME, Sánchez AR, Rojas FS, Ojeda CB. Morphine and its metabolites: Analytical methodologies for its determination. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2007; 43:799-815. [PMID: 17207954 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2006.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2006] [Revised: 11/30/2006] [Accepted: 12/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The present article reviews the methods of determination published for morphine and its metabolites covering the period from 1980 until at the first part of 2006. The overview includes the most relevant analytical determinations classified in the following two types: (1) non-chromatographic methods and (2) chromatographic methods.
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- M Espinosa Bosch
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Málaga, Campus Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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Trafkowski J, Madea B, Musshoff F. The Significance of Putative Urinary Markers of Illicit Heroin Use After Consumption of Poppy Seed Products. Ther Drug Monit 2006; 28:552-8. [PMID: 16885724 DOI: 10.1097/00007691-200608000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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After consumption of poppy seeds various substances were detected in urine or blood samples using an immunoassay and a sophisticated liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric procedure. These compounds are widely considered to be putative markers of heroin (HER) abuse whereas acetylcodeine was regarded as a marker for illicit preparations ("street HER"). Besides positive urinary opiate immunoassay results during a 48 hours monitoring period, peak concentrations of morphine (MOR), codeine and their glucuronides appeared 4 to 8 hours after ingestion of poppy seeds, and concentrations of total MOR higher than 10 microg/mL were observed. Also, in serum samples taken up to 6 hours after consumption, MOR glucuronides were found. Free MOR was only detected in traces (1 to 3 ng/mL) within 2 hours of consumption. In addition, 3 of 6 onsite opiate sweat tests revealed positive results 6.5 hours after ingestion. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that neither noscapine (NOS) nor papaverine (PAP) was detectable in urine or blood samples after the consumption of poppy seeds containing up to 94 microg NOS and up to 3.3 mug PAP. NOS and PAP were rapidly metabolized, whereas desmethylpapaverine and, especially, its glucuronide were found in urine samples of poppy seed consumers even 48 hours after consumption. According to these results PAP metabolites should not be regarded as markers of illicit HER abuse. In conclusion, only acetylcodeine can be regarded as a specific marker but has the problem of a short half-life. Therefore, we suggest that NOS and PAP, but not their metabolites, might be used cautiously as additional markers of illicit HER abuse as they have not been detected after oral intake of poppy seeds in normal doses. But it must be kept in mind that in some cases poppy seeds with an unusually high content of these alkaloids could be available, and that these substances are also agents in some pharmaceuticals.
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- Jens Trafkowski
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Bonn, Stiftsplatz 12, 53111 Bonn, Germany
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Sproll C, Perz RC, Lachenmeier DW. Optimized LC/MS/MS analysis of morphine and codeine in poppy seed and evaluation of their fate during food processing as a basis for risk analysis. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2006; 54:5292-8. [PMID: 16848508 DOI: 10.1021/jf0608975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The opiate alkaloids present in poppy seed intended for use in food recently have raised major concerns. An efficient method for routine analysis of morphine and codeine using liquid chromatography in combination with tandem mass spectrometry on a triple quadrupole instrument (LC/MS/MS) was therefore developed. The optimal sample preparation was found to be cold extraction of 10 g of unground poppy seed with 30 mL of methanol containing 0.1% acetic acid for 60 min shaken at 250 rpm. The fate of morphine during food processing was also studied. All experiments led to a significant reduction of morphine and codeine. For poppy cake only 16-50% of the morphine was recovered, and in poppy buns at the highest temperature (220 degrees C) only 3% of the original morphine content was found. Ground poppy seed showed significantly lower recoveries than untreated seed. Morphine elimination during food processing has to be taken into account in the current discussion about its maximum limits in poppy seed.
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- Constanze Sproll
- Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Karlsruhe, Weissenburger Str. 3, D-76187 Karlsruhe, Germany
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A 48-year-old man participating in a residential treatment program was treated with gatifloxacin for a urinary tract infection. While taking the antibiotic, two urine screens were positive for opiates; results of previous urine opiate screens had been negative. Confirmatory tests using a different assay method, however, gave negative results for opiates. Two weeks after completing gatifloxacin therapy, the patient's urine screen was negative for opiates. Application of the Naranjo adverse drug reaction probability scale indicated that gatifloxacin probably was associated with this patient's positive urine opiate screen. Fluoroquinolones as a class are among several compounds that have demonstrated a propensity to cross-react with enzyme immunoassay urine drug screens for opiates. Occurrence of cross-reactivity appears to vary among individual assays. The mechanism by which fluoroquinolones cross-react with the immunoassay is unknown. Falsepositive results could have negative effects on patient care, and ramifications of a positive drug screen include possible dismissal from a substance abuse treatment program. Confirmatory analysis using a different assay method is therefore necessary to verify the presence of the target drug.
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- Craig M Straley
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan, USA.
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Lewis RJ, Johnson RD, Hattrup RA. Simultaneous analysis of Thebaine, 6-MAM and six abused opiates in postmortem fluids and tissues using Zymark® automated solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2005; 822:137-45. [PMID: 15993661 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2005.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2005] [Revised: 05/02/2005] [Accepted: 05/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Opiates are some of the most widely prescribed drugs in America and are often abused. Demonstrating the presence or absence of opiate compounds in postmortem fluids and/or tissues derived from fatal civil aviation accidents can have serious legal consequences and may help determine the cause of impairment and/or death. However, the consumption of poppy seed products can result in a positive opiate drug test. We have developed a simple method for the simultaneous determination of eight opiate compounds from one extraction. These compounds are hydrocodone, dihydrocodeine, codeine, oxycodone, hydromorphone, 6-monoacetylmorphine, morphine, and thebaine. The inclusion of thebaine is notable as it is an indicator of poppy seed consumption and may help explain morphine/codeine positives in cases where no opiate use was indicated. This method incorporates a Zymark RapidTracetrade mark automated solid-phase extraction system, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, and trimethyl silane (TMS) and oxime-TMS derivatives. The limits of detection ranged from 0.78 to 12.5 ng/mL. The linear dynamic range for most analytes was 6.25-1600 ng/mL. The extraction efficiencies ranged from 70 to 103%. We applied this method to eight separate aviation fatalities where opiate compounds had previously been detected.
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- R J Lewis
- Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, Federal Aviation Administration, Forensic Toxicology Research Laboratory, AAM-610, P.O. Box 25082, Oklahoma City, OK 73125, USA
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Al-Amri AM, Smith RM, El-Haj BM, Juma'a MH. The GC–MS detection and characterization of reticuline as a marker of opium use. Forensic Sci Int 2004; 142:61-9. [PMID: 15272474 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Reticuline (a precursor of opium alkaloids) was detected and characterised as its trimethylsilyl ethers, acetyl esters and methyl ethers by GC-EIMS and GC-CIMS in opium and the urine of opium users after hydrolysis by acid or beta-glucuronidase as coextractive of morphine. Because this compound cannot be detected in heroin and poppy seeds, it is suggested as a differentiating marker between opium and heroin use, opium and poppy seeds use, or opium and "pharmaceutical" codeine use in cases when opiate use has been confirmed by detection of morphine and codeine in the urine. As well as being a constituent of opium, reticuline in the urine of opium users may also result from the metabolic demethylation of the three other benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline opium alkaloids: codamine, laudanosine and laudanine.
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- A M Al-Amri
- Sharjah Police Forensic Science Laboratory, P.O. Box 29, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Al-Amri AM, Smith RM, El-Haj BM, Juma'a MH. The GC–MS detection and characterization of reticuline as a marker of opium use. Forensic Sci Int 2004; 140:175-83. [PMID: 15036439 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/30/2003] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Reticuline (a precursor of opium alkaloids) was detected and characterised as its trimethylsilyl ethers, acetyl esters and methyl ethers by GC-EIMS and GC-CIMS in opium and the urine of opium users after hydrolysis by acid or beta-glucuronidase as coextractive of morphine. Because this compound cannot be detected in heroin and poppy seeds, it is suggested as a differentiating marker between opium and heroin use, opium and poppy seeds use, or opium and "pharmaceutical" codeine use in cases when opiate use has been confirmed by detection of morphine and codeine in the urine. As well as being a constituent of opium, reticuline in the urine of opium users may also result from the metabolic demethylation of the three other benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline opium alkaloids: codamine, laudanosine and laudanine.
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- A M Al-Amri
- Sharjah Police Forensic Science Laboratory, P.O. Box 29, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Hackett LP, Dusci LJ, Ilett KF, Chiswell GM. Optimizing the hydrolysis of codeine and morphine glucuronides in urine. Ther Drug Monit 2002; 24:652-7. [PMID: 12352938 DOI: 10.1097/00007691-200210000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Quality assurance data show that there is very significant inter-laboratory variation of the quantitation of codeine, especially in patient samples. The authors have examined hydrolysis procedures for codeine glucuronide (C6G) and morphine-3- and -6-glucuronides (M3G, M6G) because these are often present together in urine samples. Comparisons of hydrolysis using two different sources of beta-glucuronidases and various concentrations of hydrochloric acid were made. Samples were concentrated using solid phase extraction, derivatized and quantified by selective ion monitoring using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). and beta-glucuronidase efficiently hydrolyzed M3G (90-95%), while hydrolysis of M6G was lower (60-85%) and that of C6G was very poor (45-58%). These findings were confirmed on examination of urine samples containing codeine and morphine from subjects who had taken codeine, morphine, or heroin. Erratic inter-laboratory quality assurance results for codeine are most probably a result of incomplete C6G hydrolysis. The authors' optimized hydrolysis method using 50% HCl for 1.5 hours at 120 degrees C gave reproducible results that approached the spiked concentration.
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- L Peter Hackett
- Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Laboratory, Western Australian Center for Pathology and Medical Research Nedlands Australia.
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Bourquin D, Lehmann T, Hämmig R, Bührer M, Brenneisen R. High-performance liquid chromatographic monitoring of intravenously administered diacetylmorphine and morphine and their metabolites in human plasma. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 1997; 694:233-8. [PMID: 9234868 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(97)00149-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A rapid and selective reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic assay with gradient elution and diode-array detection for diacetylmorphine, morphine, codeine, and their free and glucuronidated metabolites in plasma, was developed. After addition of ethylmorphine as internal standard the plasma samples were extracted using C18 ODS-2 solid-phase columns with a recovery better than 80%. The limit of quantitation using an injection volume of 2 microl was 25 ng/ml for each compound. The intra- and inter-day precision was better than 5%. The described method cannot only be used for pharmacokinetic studies but also for intoxication cases to monitor a wide range of opiates.
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- D Bourquin
- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Wasels R, Belleville F. Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric procedures used for the identification and determination of morphine, codeine and 6-monoacetylmorphine. J Chromatogr A 1994; 674:225-34. [PMID: 8075772 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9673(94)85227-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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An overview of the analysis of opiates by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is presented. The review is focused on the hydrolysis, extraction and derivatization procedures most widely used for the identification and determination by GC-MS of legal and illegal opiates in various biological fluids.
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- R Wasels
- Laboratory of Biochemistry B, University Hospital Centre of Nancy, France
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Kidwell DA, Blank DL. Comments on the paper by W.A. Baumgartner and V.A. Hill: sample preparation techniques. Forensic Sci Int 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(93)90267-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Cone EJ, Darwin WD. Rapid assay of cocaine, opiates and metabolites by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY 1992; 580:43-61. [PMID: 1400832 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(92)80527-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The simultaneous assay of cocaine, opiates and metabolites in small biological samples continues to be a difficult task. This report focuses upon tabulation of important techniques (extraction, derivatization, chromatographic conditions, detection mode, data acquisition) reported over the last decade that were used in the development of assays for these analytes. The most prevalent procedures for extraction of cocaine, opiates and metabolites were liquid-liquid and solid-phase extraction isolation methods. Following extraction analytes were derivatized and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The technique most often used for chromatographic separation was fused-silica capillary column gas chromatography. Detection generally was performed by selected ion monitoring in the positive-ion electron-impact ionization mode, although full-scan acquisition and positive- and negative-ion chemical ionization methods have been used. It was apparent from the review that there is a continuing need for greater sensitivity and selectivity in the assay of highly potent opiates and for cocaine and metabolites.
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- E J Cone
- Addiction Research Center, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD 21224
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Poppy Seed Ingestion as a Contributing Factor to Opiate-Positive Urinalysis Results: The Pacific Perspective. J Forensic Sci 1991. [DOI: 10.1520/jfs13077j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Urine testing for drug use in the workplace is now widespread, with the prevalence of positive drug tests in the work force being 0% to 15%. The prevalence of marijuana use is highest of the illicit drugs being tested. Highly prevalent drugs can be reliably tested. Although it is prudent to rid the workplace of drug use, there is little scientific study on the relationship of drug use and workplace outcomes, such as productivity and safety. Probable-cause testing and preemployment testing are the most common applications. Random testing has been less accepted owing to its higher costs, unresolved legal issues, and predictably poor test reliability. Legal issues have focused on the right to privacy, policy agreements, discrimination, and the lack of due process. The legal cornerstone of a good program is a policy that is planned and agreed on by both labor and management, which serves both as a contract and as a procedure in which expectations and consequences are known. Moreover, NIDA is certifying laboratories doing employee drug testing. Testing methods, when done correctly, are less prone to error than in the past, but screening tests can be defeated by adulterants. Although the incidence of false-positive results is low, such tests are less reliable when the prevalence of drug abuse is also low.
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- J D Osterloh
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
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