Oxcarbazepine / Eslicarbazepine acetate as metabolite, blood-994

Test info

  
Oxcarbazepine / Eslicarbazepine acetate as metabolite, blood
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  
Licarbazepine
Oxcarbazepine/Eslicarbazepine acetate metabolite
  

Therapeutic drug monitoring

Specimen

  
Sodium fluoride (NaFl) whole blood
  
  
1.0 mL
  
0.3 mL
  

Immediatley following collection, mix sample by inverting 8 - 10 times to prevent clotting.

  

Grey Sodium flouride (NaFl)

  
Potassium oxalate whole blood
  

Refrigerated (preferred) - 30 days

Ambient - 30 days

Frozen - 24 months

Performance

  
NMS Labs (3265B) via LabCorp (009985): R-NX
  
5 days
  

High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

Therapeutic: 10 - 35 µg/mL

Reporting Limit: 0.50 µg/mL

Billing

  
80183

Tracking

  
06/03/2019
  
03/18/2022
  
03/16/2022