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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Some of the tests take days, weeks, months," says Alan Hall, MD, a board-certified toxicologist and consultant in Laramie, Wyo. The final toxicology report, he says, draws not only from multiple test results and confirmation of the results, but also on the clinical experience of the toxicologists and pathologists involved in the investigation, as well as field work.

Here is what toxicology tests include, why they take so long, and why they can be tricky.

What is toxicology testing?

The toxicology testing performed after a person's death is known as forensic toxicology testing or postmortem drug testing.[/quote]

Interesting.[/quote]

I read that the initial autopsy (that already showed nothing in this case) tests for common drugs of abuse. The forensic toxicology (which is done subsequently) will test for less common poisons. A standard turnaround is 4-6 weeks. 2-3% of cases turn out to be inconclusive.[/quote]

If it was sleep medication, it should have shown up in the initial autopsy? [/quote]

I wanna read can you cite your source please?  [/quote]

Sorry I mean to ask the question too since I am not sure sleep medication is common drug and should have shown up already in the initial autopsy if it was in their system.[/quote]

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