Down the drain: Reconsidering routine urine drug testing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jarratt D. Pytell; Darius A. Rastegar

doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108155

Down the drain: Reconsidering routine urine drug testing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jarratt D. Pytell, Darius A. Rastegar

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic and the move to telemedicine for office-based opioid treatment have made the practice of routine urine drug tests (UDT) obsolete. In this commentary we discuss how COVID-19 has demonstrated the limited usefulness and possible harms of routine UDT. We propose that practitioners should stop using routine UDT and instead use targeted UDT, paired with clinical reasoning, as part of a patient-centered approach to care.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	108155
Journal	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume	120
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108155
State	Published - Jan 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Phychiatric Mental Health
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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