Identifying ‘designer’ drugs taken by overdose patients
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Channel: American Chemical Society · 2018 · Science & Technology
Medical professionals are scrambling to meet growing demand for emergency room treatment of drug overdoses, but they’re hampered by the lack of a quick and easy test to screen patients for synthetic “designer” drugs. Chemists are developing such a test with the hope that hospitals could eventually use it to choose the appropriate treatment. For more ground-breaking science, please check out ACS in the News: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom.html Subscribe! http://bit.ly/AmerChemSOc Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/AmericanChem... Twitter! https://twitter.com/ACSpressroom You might also like: Press Conferences from #ACSsanFran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUe3ozKlCNA&list=PLLG7h7fPoH8K5VA20KOvWPpQU5WzfSp3T Press Conferences from #Philadelphia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5slYZZAFYQs&list=PLLG7h7fPoH8JNXYo-fCwTiFOqba9VEpv9 Press Conferences from #SanDiego: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Y17zZoqB0&list=PLLG7h7fPoH8L8o4Um_LZTS2lHxorDgHAH Press Conferences from #Denver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_lTnj_z8f4&list=PLLG7h7fPoH8LtUyqg-vxxZO3GlujdfXh6 Music: From Audioblocks Produced by the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. ACS is a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related information and research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. Join the American Chemical Society! https://bit.ly/Join_ACS
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