MATT 2025 Recap: Ketamine

At this year’s MATT meeting, Dr. Laureen Marinetti spoke to attendees about how to differentiate between ketamine used illicitly versus ketamine used medically.  She also discussed the origin of medical and illicit ketamine.  Ketamine was developed in 1962 for use as...

MATT 2025 Recap: Nitazene Analogs

At this year’s MATT meeting, Stuart Kurtz spoke to attendees about the prevalence of nitazene analogs and the concentrations at which Axis detects them. We have previously discussed what nitazenes are in blog posts (see links below).  As a reminder, they are potent mu...

Axis Experts Present at MATT 2025

Axis toxicologists Laureen Marinetti, PhD, F-ABFT, and Stuart Kurtz, M.S, D-ABFT-FT, will be presenting at the Midwest Association of Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (MATT) Annual Meeting in Milwaukee Wisconsin, April 2-4, 2025.  Their presentation topics...

Drug Primer: Difluoroethane (DFE)

By Kevin Shanks, D-ABFT-FT 1,1-Difluoroethane (DFE) is a chemical compound that belongs to the family of hydrofluorocarbons, also known as HFCs. DFE has a chemical formula C2H4F2 and is a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature and is commonly used as a...