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TEGRETOL/CARBAMZEPINE

Message
CHEMISTRY


Test Code
TEGRETOL, CARBAMZEPINE


Alias/See Also
TEGRETOL


Preferred Specimen
SERUM


Minimum Volume
2mL


Instructions
DRAW 1 RED TOP TUBE, REQUEST LAST DOSE INFORMATION FROM PATIENT ON TUBE, AND IN CPRS COMMENT


Transport Container
PLASTIC TUBE


Transport Temperature
REFRIGERATED


Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 2 days
Refrigerated (2-8°C): 7 days
Frozen (-20°C or colder): 1 month


Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Collected in gel tube


Methodology
EIA

Setup Schedule
DAILY


Report Available
DAILY


Reference Range
4.0 - 12.0 ug/mL


Clinical Significance
Clinical Use: Carbamazepine and its metabolite, (10,11- Carbamazepine epoxide), are widely used for control of generalized tonic-clonic, partial-onset, complex and mixed seizure disorders. The metabolism of carbamazepine in epileptic patients has several different pathways that can be altered when the patient is co-medicated with other anticonvulsants and, therefore, its therapeutic level should be monitored along with its metabolite in their free and protein bound states.


Performing Laboratory
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION VT VA- CHEMISTRY 802-295-9363 EXT: 5518, 5519



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