Antidepressant drug screen, qualitative-6914

Test info

  
Antidepressant drug screen, qualitative
  
6914
  
LAB6914
  
ADS
  
TCA
Tricyclic screen
  

Qualitative screen analyzes for:

  • Amitriptyline
  • Clomipramine and desmethylclomipramine
  • Cyclobenzaprine (Amrix, Flexeril)
  • Desipramine
  • Doxepin and desmethyldoxepin
  • Fluoxetine and norfluoxetine
  • Imipramine
  • Maprotiline
  • Nortriptyline
  • Paroxetine
  • Protriptyline
  • Sertaline and desmethylsertraline
  • Trimipramine
  

Detect the use of antidepressant class drugs

Specimen

  
Serum
  
  
3.0 mL
  
0.6 mL
  
  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  3. Transfer serum to a Serum/plasma transfer vial/tube (MedTox), labelled as serum
  
  
Heparin plasma or whole blood
EDTA plasma or whole blood
Sodium fluoride plasma or whole blood
Urine, random
  
  

Dk green/Lavender/Grey:

Immediately following collection, mix sample thoroughly by gentle inverting 8 - 10 times, to prevent clotting

  

Plasma:

  1. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  2. Transfer plasma to a Serum/plasma transfer vial/tube (MedTox), labelled as the approrpriate plasma type

Whole blood:

Do not spin

Urine:

Submit entire specimen

 

  

Plasma:

Serum/plasma transfer vial/tube (MedTox)

Whole blood:

Submit original collection tube

Urine:

Screw cap plastic container (sterile)

  

Refrigerated (preferred)

Ambient - 3 days

Frozen (OK)

  

Gel-barrier tubes are not recommended

Performance

  
MedTox Laboratories (80300): R-MX
  
Su - Fr
  
3 - 4 days
  

Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

See report

Billing

  
G0480
  

Tracking

  
07/29/2005
  
12/28/2023
  
12/28/2023