Beyond Fentanyl Test Strips: Investigating Other Urine Drug Test Strips for Drug Checking Applications.

ABSTRACT: Use of immunoassay test strips for the detection of fentanyl in drug samples has become commonplace in harm reduction, law enforcement, public health, customs, and forensic science settings for testing drug product. With the increase of xylazine in the drug supply in recent years, use of xylazine test strips has also increased. As use of test strips expands, a desire to implement them for other drugs may emerge. However, since these strips are designed for urine testing, it is important to understand their applicability to testing drug product. In this work, we investigate the utility of seven types of urine immunoassay test strips - amphetamine, benzodiazepine, cocaine, methamphetamine, nitazene, opiate, and xylazine - for drug checking applications. Reproducibility, sensitivity, cross-re

SUBMITTER: Sisco E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11450658 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature