Amoxapine and Metabolite, Serum/Plasma

Test Code
34525


Includes
Amoxapine and 8-Hydroxy Amoxapine (metabolite)


Preferred Specimen
Red Top


Minimum Volume
0.3 mL


Other Acceptable Specimens
Plasma collected in: EDTA (lavender-top) tube or EDTA (pink-top) tube


Instructions
Promptly centrifuge and separate serum or plasma into a transport tube


Transport Container
Transport tube


Transport Temperature
Room temperature


Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 14 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 14 days


Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Serum separator tube (SST) • Polymer gel separation tube


Methodology

High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) 



Setup Schedule
Tues, Thurs


Reference Range
8-Hydroxy Amoxapine:
Opitmal serum therapeutic range (Amoxapine plus active metabolite): 200-400 ng/mL. The ratio of whole blood concentration to serum or plasma concentration is unknown for this analyte.




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