Methamphetamine in urine

Methamphetamine in urine

Clinical significance

Methamphetamine, even in small amounts, can increase alertness, physical activity and reduce appetite. As a consequence of smoking or injecting methamphetamine, there is a brief but extremely intense agitation. This is the result of the ejection of large amounts of the neuronal transmitter dopamine in regions of the mós brain that are responsible for feelings of pleasure. High doses of this drug can dangerously raise the body temperature, sometimes with fatal results, and can also lead to seizures. . Due to its slow excretion and lack of metabolism by the liver, the effects of methamphetamine last about 6-24 hours. For pure amphetamine it is 2 hours, and for cocaine only 30 minutes. Abusers may start behaving aggressively, show increasing anxietyój, confusion, or suffer from insomnia. They may also develop psychotic changes, including paranoia, auditory hallucinations, mood disorders or hallucinations. Paranoia can lead to the onset of suicidal or homicidal thoughts. With chronic abuse of the drug, tolerance to the drug can develop. In order to achieve a satisfactory effect, a person must either take larger and larger doses at smaller and smaller intervals, or change the wayób of taking this narcotic substance. In someócases, drug addicts stop eating and sleeping falling into a kind of compulsion to take, known as a "run." In such cases, they inject themselves with up to a gram of the drug every 2 to 3 hours for several days until they run out of the drug, or their behavior becomes too chaotic to continue...

Patient Preparation

Material: urine