使用法医情报作为确定未来毒理学方法的模型:TBI法医毒理学和法医药物化学尼塔鉴定
Adam Gray1, Sarah Douglas2, Michael Tiller1
1Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, 1791 Neals Commerce Ln, Knoxville, TN 37914, USA.
Journal of analytical toxicology
|April 22, 2024
概括
这是田纳西州调查局.
科学领域:
- 法医毒理学 法医毒理学
- 法医化学 法医化学
- 药物分析 药物分析
背景情况:
- 尼塔类似物,包括异尼塔和甲尼塔,从2019年底开始在田纳西州的法医化学案例中出现.
- 田纳西州调查局 (TBI) 毒理学部门于2021年3月开始监测这些化合物.
- 大多数TBI毒理病例 (95%) 涉及醉酒驾驶或机动车辆事故.
研究的目的:
- 报告田纳西州尼塔类似物出现和监测情况.
- 将法医化学和毒理学单位的数据进行比较,以了解新的精神活性物质的范围.
- 鼓励法医毒理学和扣押毒品单位之间的单位间合作.
主要方法:
- 使用了SCIEX 3200 Qtrap和SCIEX Exion LC AC自动采样器来监测尼塔类似物.
- 采用多重反应监测 (MRM) 过渡和离子特性进行检测.
- 收集并分析了2021年3月至2023年12月的毒理学数据.
主要成果:
- 在2021年3月至2023年12月期间,49,639例TBI毒理病例中有20,105例 (40.5%) 接受了测试.
- 离子监测显示出异尼和甲尼的潜在存在.
- 数据比较显示,新型合成阿片类药物的流行率越来越高.
结论:
- 尼塔类型的兴起需要加强监测和法医学科之间的协作努力.
- 离子监测作为初始指标,需要进一步确认才能获得最终结果.
- 加强机构间沟通对于有效应对新兴毒品趋势至关重要.
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