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Antidepressants Panel, Serum/Plasma
Test Code30972
Includes
Amitriptyline, Amoxapine, Clomipramine, Desipramine, Desmethylclomipramine, Desmethyldoxepin, Desmethyltrimipramine, Doxepin, Fluoxetine, Imipramine, Maprotiline, Mirtazapine, Norfluoxetine, Nortriptyline, Protriptyline, Trazodone, Trimipramine
Preferred Specimen
Red Top
Minimum Volume
1.2 mL
Other Acceptable Specimens
Plasma collected in an: EDTA (lavender-top) tube or EDTA (pink-top) tube
Instructions
Promptly centrifuge and separate serum or plasma into a transport tube
Note: Known Interference(s): Protriptyline [GC & GC/MS]: Desmethylsertraline (Sertraline metabolite), Norcyclobenzaprine (Cyclobenzaprine metabolite)
Note: Known Interference(s): Protriptyline [GC & GC/MS]: Desmethylsertraline (Sertraline metabolite), Norcyclobenzaprine (Cyclobenzaprine metabolite)
Transport Container
Transport tube
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated (cold packs)
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 48 hours
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 14 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 14 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Received room temperature • Polymer gel separation tube (PST) • Serum separator tube (SST)
Methodology
Gas Chromatography (GC) • Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)
Reference Range
See Laboratory Report
