FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Paracetamol, Amitriptyline, Benadryl
Document Summary
Provides scientific lab services in court related matters and public safety programs for ontario citizens. Examine and interpretations in injury, death and crimes against persons/ property. Part of ministry of community safety and correctional services. The scientific discipline of the adverse or negative effects of drugs and poisons in the body. The application of toxicological principles in a medicolegal context (e. g. homicide, impaired driving) Perform lab analysis to determine the presence/absence of drugs (including alcohol and poisons) Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (i. c- ms/ms) Case history (as provided by pathologist, coroner and or police) The process of directing sample analysis takes into consideration. No single analytical method which could detect every type of drug and quantitative all drugs in a sample. Do not have methods available for all drugs. Our scientific opinions are formed by critical assessment of the peer reviewed scientific literature. Drugs may diffuse from tissues into the blood after death (increase or decrease amounts)
