Amitriptyline-929

Test info

  
Amitriptyline
  
929
  
LAB929
  
AMT
  
Elavil
  

Nortriptyline

  

Therapeutic drug management

Specimen

  
Serum
  
  
2.0 mL
  
0.5 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
  

Dk green heparin (Li or Na), no gel

 

  

Immediately following collection, mix sample by inverting 5 - 10 times to prevent clotting.

  
  1. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  2. Transfer plasma to a Serum/plasma transfer vial/tube (MedTox), labelled as Li or Na heparin plasma
  

Refrigerated (preferred)

Ambient - 3 days

Frozen (OK)

  

Gel-barrier tubes are not recommended

Performance

  
MedTox Laboratories (11): R-MX
  
We, Sa
  
3 - 4 days
  

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

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

Nortriptyline: 50 - 150 ng/mL

Amitriptyline & Nortriptyline (combined total): 80 - 200 ng/mL

  

>1,000 ng/mL

Billing

  
G0480
  
Yes
  

Tracking

  
11/30/2001
  
01/04/2024
  
01/04/2024