Monitoring of abusers by clinical laboratory tests and eye pupil examinations

Abstract

In this study (n=500) fresh blood and urine samples of male abusers were recruited to distinguish abuse drugs and some treatment drugs. All the study population were male, and their age range was mean ±SD=41±21. They had often history consumption of the abuse drugs and take other medication too. All data were collected and analyzed by one-way ANOVA and t-test before and after detoxification. The rapid strip methods and their eye pupils’ variations determined abusers ‘treatment conditions. When comparing the test results p-value: 0≤0.05 was considered as significance level. Treatment duration follow-up of all abuser’s urine samples indicated negative results. According to the findings of this investigation rapid strip tests were useful in urine samples and eye pupils’ variations were accessible confirmation method.