86845:NORTRIPTYLINE
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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| Alias Names: |
Aventyl / Pamelor / Allegron / Noritren / Norpress / Nortrilen / Sensoval |
| Methodology: |
High Performance Liquid Chromatography / Tandem Mass Spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS) |
| Edit Date: |
11/16/2010 |
| Performed: |
Daily |
| Released: |
24-48 hours after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab |
| CPT Code: |
80182-90 |
| Specimen Collection Details |
| Collection: |
One 5 mL red top tube. Also acceptable: 4 mL lavender top tube (EDTA), 2 mL grey top tube (potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride) or 4 mL green top tube (heparin). Avoid use of serum separator tube (SST) and gel barrier tube. |
| Handling: |
Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum and plasma from cells into a plastic vial. Refrigerate. If gel separator is used, separate serum or plasma from gel within 2 hours of collection. Do not refrigerate on gel separator. |
| Stability: |
5 days ambient, 14 days refrigerated, or 6 months frozen. |
| Standard Volume: |
2 mL serum or plasma. |
| Minimum Volume: |
0.6 mL serum or plasma. |
| Transport: |
Refrigerated. |
| Comments: |
Do not order if amitriptyline is administered. Order instead Amitriptyline/Nortriptyline (Elavil) (86840) |
| Rejection Criteria: |
Specimen collected and stored in a gel separator tube for more than 2 hours ambient or for more than 30 minutes refrigerated. |
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Therapeutic |
50-150 ng/mL |
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Toxic |
>500 ng/mL |
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