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| 90825:BUPROPION | |||||||||
| Alias Names: | Wellbutrin® / Zyban® | ||||||||
| Methodology: | High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | ||||||||
| Edit Date: | 6/11/2010 | ||||||||
| Performed: | Monday, Thursday | ||||||||
| Released: | 1-5 days after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab. | ||||||||
| CPT Code: | 80299-90 | ||||||||
| Specimen Collection Details | |||||||||
| Collection: | One 5 mL red top tube. Do not use serum separator tube (SST) or plasma separator tube (PST. Also acceptable: One 4 mL lavender top tube (EDTA), 4 mL green top tube (sodium heparin), or 4 mL grey top tube (sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate). | ||||||||
| Handling: | Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum or plasma from cells into a plastic vial. Freeze within 2 hours of collection. Critical frozen. Send separate specimen if multiple tests are ordered. | ||||||||
| Stability: | 30 days frozen. Unstable ambient or refrigerated. | ||||||||
| Standard Volume: | 2.5 mL serum or plasma. | ||||||||
| Minimum Volume: | 1.5 mL serum or plasma. | ||||||||
| Transport: | Frozen, on dry ice. | ||||||||
| Rejection Criteria: | Use of SST or PST; thawed, ambient, or refrigerated specimen.
This test may require insurance company prior authorization before ordering.
Please check the prior authorization list . Failure to gain preauthorization may result in denial of coverage. |
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| The therapeutic range is not well established. Patient response appears to improve with concentrations between 50 and 100 ng/mL. Levels below 25 ng/mL may have no effect. Poor response and increased toxicity have been reported at concentrations above 100 ng/mL. | |||||||||||||||||||