Clinical Profile and Drugs of Abuse Identified among People who Use Drugs Admitted to a Tertiary Hospital in the Philippines using a Validated LC-QTOF/MS Method

Abstract Background: Drug use and abuse is a public health issue that has come into focus in the Philippines in the past years. Excluding the years of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a yearly increase in the number of admissions to treatment and rehabilitation centers. The census in the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) National Poison Management and Control Center (NPMCC) shows a parallel increase in drug-positive patients consulting in the emergency room (ER). Objective: The objective