Jeff Gudin

Drug testing plays a critical role in combating the drug misuse epidemic. There are 2 main methods of clinical drug testing: presumptive testing, which includes rapid point-of-care (POC) devices as well as more sensitive laboratory immunoassays; and definitive testing, which uses highly complex laboratory instruments to identify and quantify prescription medications, illicit substances, and specific parent drugs and their metabolites, often missed by POC testing.
In today’s podcast episode, Quest Drug Monitoring & Toxicology experts will cover:
Overview of the different types of drug testing
Limitations of point-of-care drug testing
Quest best practices for responsible drug testing
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To listen to other podcasts in our Topics in Drug Testing series, please visit QuestDrugTesting.com. At Quest Diagnostics, we are committed to providing you results and insights to support your clinical decisions.

Today’s episode is with Quest Diagnostics senior medical advisor, Dr Jeff Gudin, and Dr Jack Kain, director and medical science liaison for the Quest Drug Monitoring and Toxicology business.
The podcast will cover:
Overview of the new Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) blood test from Quest 
Clinical Utility of PEth blood testing for Alcohol detection 
Benefits of Peth blood testing vs urine testing with ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and ethyl sulfate (EtS)
You may download a PDF version of this presentation here >>
To listen to other podcasts in our Topics in Drug Testing series, please visit QuestDrugTesting.com.
At Quest Diagnostics, we are committed to providing you results and insight to support your clinical decisions.

Welcome to the Quest Diagnostics “topics in drug testing” podcast. Today’s episode is with Quest Diagnostics senior medical advisor, Dr Jeff Gudin, and Dr Jack Kain, director and medical science liaison for the Quest Drug Monitoring and Toxicology business.
The podcast will cover:
Summary of the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioidsfor Pain
Summary of key findings from the Quest Diagnostics Health Trends report,Drug Misuse in America 2022—A Decade Lost to the Drug Crisis
You may download a PDF of this presentation here >>
To listen to other podcasts in our Topics in Drug Testing series, please visit QuestDrugTesting.com.
At Quest Diagnostics, we are committed to providing you results and insight to support your clinical decisions.

Learning objectives for the podcast include:
Learn how ketamine is increasingly being used as an anesthetic, analgesic, antidepressant, …and a hallucinogen1
Gain an understanding of the risks of ketamine use and ways it is misused
Appreciate the role of drug testing when ketamine is prescribed or suspected
You may download a PDF version of this presentation here >>
To listen to other podcasts in our Topics in Drug Testing series or learn more about the comprehensive drug testing offering from Quest Diagnostics, please visit QuestDrugMonitoring.com. There you will find our Drug Monitoring Test Directory, as well as educational resources and insights from our team of toxicology experts. At Quest Diagnostics, we are committed to providing you results and insight to support your clinical decisions.
 
1. Bahr R, Lopez A, Rey JA. Intranasal Esketamine(SpravatoTM) for use in treatment-resistant depression In conjunction with an oral antidepressant.P&T. 2019;44(6):340-375.

Objectives for the podcast include:
Understand drug metabolism and how prescription and illicit drugs and their metabolites are eliminated from the body
Learn about drug half-life and windows of detection, and how they are related
Gain a deeper understanding of specific variables that can impact a drug's window of detection
You may download a PDF version of this presentation here >>
To listen to other podcasts in our Topics in Drug Testing series or learn more about the comprehensive drug testing offering from Quest Diagnostics, please visit QuestDrugMonitoring.com. There you will find our Drug Monitoring Test Directory, as well as educational resources and insights from our team of toxicology experts. At Quest Diagnostics, we are committed to providing you results and insights to support your clinical decisions.

Objectives for the podcast include:
Hear results from the recent Quest Diagnostics Health Trends report which combines data from a Harris Poll survey of over 500 primary care physicians, with results of clinical drug laboratory testing performed by Quest Diagnostics across the US
Gain a deeper understanding of the contributing factors to the significant surge in drug overdose deaths that we have seen in the US
Learn about barriers health professionals face in their ability to monitor and intervene with their patients at risk for drug misuse
You may download a PDF version of this presentation here >>
To listen to other podcasts in our Topics in Drug Testing series or learn more about the comprehensive drug testing offering from Quest Diagnostics, please visit QuestDrugMonitoring.com. There you will find our Drug Monitoring Test Directory, as well as educational resources and insights from our team of toxicology experts. At Quest Diagnostics, we are committed to providing you results and insight to support your clinical decisions.

Today’s podcast will cover a substance of great concern today, fentanyl. We will  discuss and share information regarding the following:
Latest trends in the drug misuse epidemic in the US
What you need to know about fentanyl
Why you need to consider drug testing for fentanyl (and other illicit substances) and how to  implement drug testing in your practice
The episode will feature Quest Senior Medical Advisor Dr Jeff Gudin and Medical Science Liaison Dr Jack Kain.
You may download a PDF version of this presentation here >>
To listen to other podcasts in our Topics in Drug Testing series, or learn more about Quest Diagnostics’ comprehensive drug testing offering, please visit QuestDrugMonitoring.com. There you will find our Drug Monitoring Test Directory, as well as educational resources and insights from our team of toxicology experts. At Quest Diagnostics we are committed to providing you results and insight to support your clinical decisions.

Today’s podcast will cover the value of prescription and illicit drug testing and provide insight on the different clinical drug testing methodologies. We will discuss and share information regarding the following:
Current state of the drug misuse epidemic in the US
The value and clinical utility of drug testing
Overview of the 2 main methodologies of drug testing, presumptive and definitive
The episode will feature Quest Senior Medical Advisor, Dr Jeff Gudin; Medical Science Liaison Jack Kain, PharmD; and Executive Science Director, Les Edinboro, PhD.

The convergence of the opioid epidemic and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created new healthcare challenges. Health systems, from a system- and individual clinician-level, are more important than ever in the pursuit of addressing the epidemic within the pandemic.
In this session, Dr Gudin discusses with Dr Pat Alagia on the Quest Dialogues podcast:
Recently-published data by Quest that demonstrates decreased drug testing overall, with increased positivity for high-risk drugs and dangerous drug combinations 
Tools and practices for clinicians to assess and stratify patients for potential prescription drug abuse
System-level strategies that employ an integrated care delivery approach, including leveraging community and diagnostics partnerships, to support impacted patient populations

Today’s podcast discussion will focus on clinical care for patients with mental health disorders. Will discuss and share information regarding:
Mental health disorder and substance abuse prevalence
The clinical utility of pharmacogenomics in mental health and addiction
Mental health disorders and medication nonadherence
The episode will feature Quest Senior Medical Advisor, Dr Jeff Gudin; Medical Liaison Jack Kain, PharmD; and Director, Medical Science Liaison—Neurology and Pharmacogenomics, Raymond Lorenz.