Hair Sample Case Study For Ketamine

Conclusion For this case study, in testing for ketamine, its stable metabolite norketamine is normally tested through the gas chromatography mass spectrometry method through blood, urine, and bodily tissue samples. Testing hair samples can give a longitudinal history of ketamine use but epidemiological data collection can be limited by a lack of testing for ketamine in a routine toxicological sampling of suspicious deaths and/or driving incidents which leads to deaths and accidents buy ketamine to be under-reported (Williams & Nutt , 2004). The gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for selected ion monitoring for ketamine detection is ideal as its sensitivity method of ketamine detection has been developed to measure low plasma concentration, which has been prepared from ketamine schizophrenia research (Feng , et al., 1995). In experiments, Ketamine along with its metabolites were …show more content…
The effects can't be predicted as the victim is unknowingly administered a drug especially when in large doses, and sometimes with the combination of alcohol. The victim might even have an allergy to the drug or they may be taking prescription medication that can cause and adverse effect with the dosing from the DFCs (Pal & Teotia, 2010). A proportion of the population may have variations of their metabolic enzymes so its metabolism can vary with different people and can result in unpredictability which amplifies the drug response. In any investigation of DFCs, the victim should have an immediate blood test to ensure no false negatives occur as the drugs can be metabolised and eliminated from the body. Also trying to deduce just from symptoms if a date rape drug was used can lead to a false positive (Pal & Teotia,