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A Review of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Studies for the Assessment of Over-the-Counter Medicines Used as Recreational Drugs: The Example of Dextromethorphan.
Plewa, Szymon; Pietkiewicz, Dagmara; Kokot, Zenon J; Matysiak, Jan.
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  • Plewa S; Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
  • Pietkiewicz D; Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
  • Kokot ZJ; Faculty of Health Sciences, Calisia University, Kalisz, Poland.
  • Matysiak J; Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Med Sci Monit ; 30: e944120, 2024 Jun 21.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38902914
ABSTRACT
The 'recreational use' of selected over-the-counter (OTC) medicines is an unofficial activity. The traditional surveys assessing the use of drugs are affected by the bias of underreporting and are thus unreliable. The development of analytical techniques helps to monitor the substances at trace levels, such as in wastewater, and might be applied to estimate the consumption of an analyte of interest and ensure additional, evidence-based information complementary to population surveys. We reviewed studies focused on evaluating the estimated consumption of drugs as a reliable and unbiased source of evidence-based information (called wastewater-based epidemiology, WBE) to monitor the scale of this phenomenon. We found there is a need to test not only narcotics in the environment but also medicines that may be abused or recreationally used. The reviewed studies show methods that might provide reliable information about consumption of drugs, narcotics, and OTC medications for proposing targeted, preventive actions. Moreover, as all the selected studies were based on mass spectrometry, there is a potential to include the dextromethorphan and/or related compounds as part of the screening for narcotics and OTC drugs that can be socially harmful, overused, or misused. This article reviews the analytical methods for detecting dextromethorphan and/or its transformation products in environmental water samples.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Drogas Ilícitas / Dextrometorfano / Medicamentos sin Prescripción / Aguas Residuales Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Med Sci Monit Asunto de la revista: MEDICINA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Polonia

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Drogas Ilícitas / Dextrometorfano / Medicamentos sin Prescripción / Aguas Residuales Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Med Sci Monit Asunto de la revista: MEDICINA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Polonia