Rapid Assessment of Opioid Exposure and Treatment in Cities Through Robotic Collection and Chemical Analysis of Wastewater.

CONCLUSION: Wastewater-based epidemiology with smart sewer selection and robotic wastewater collection is feasible to detect the presence of specific opioids, naloxone, methadone, and buprenorphine within a city. These results suggest that wastewater epidemiology could be used to detect patterns of opioid exposure and may ultimately provide information for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and harm reduction programs.
PMID: 31919800 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Medical Toxicology - January 8, 2020 Category: Toxicology Authors: Endo N, Ghaeli N, Duvallet C, Foppe K, Erickson TB, Matus M, Chai PR Tags: J Med Toxicol Source Type: research