Lacosamide

Alphabetical Test listing

Lacosamide-8533

  
Lacosamide
  
8533
  
LAB8533
  
LCS
  
Vimpat
  
  • Lacosamide
  • Desmethyllacosamide
  

Lacosamide is a functional amino acid specifically synthesized as an anticonvulsant drug. In addition to being approved for use as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures, it is being investigated as a treatment for diabetic neuropathic pain.

  
Serum
  
  
0.25 mL
  
0.1 mL
Submission of the minimum volume does not allow for repeat testing
  

Trough levels are most reproducible

  
  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  3. Transfer serum to a Transfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp), labelled as serum
  
EDTA plasma
Heparin plasma
  

Lavender (EDTA), 4mL

 

Dk green heparin (Li or Na), no gel

 

  

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

  
  1. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  2. Transfer plasma to aTransfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp), labelled as the appropriate plasma type
  

Ambient (preferred) - 14 days 

Refrigerated -14 days

Frozen - 105 days

Freeze/thaw cycles - stable x3

  
  • Gel-barrier tubes
  
LabCorp (007012): R-LC
  
Mo - Fr
  
5 days
  

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

  

5.0 - 10.0 µg/mL

  
80235
  
07/01/2010
  
12/20/2023
  
12/20/2023