ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory

Amitriptyline & Nortriptyline by HPLC : 0090158

Mnemonic: AMIT/NORT

Methodology: High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Performed: Mon-Fri
Reported: 1-4 days
Specimen Required: Collect:  One 7 mL plain red. (Min: 3 mL) Also acceptable: lavender (EDTA), pink (K2EDTA), green (sodium heparin), or gray (sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate).

Transport:  2 mL serum or plasma at 2-8°C. (Min: 0.5 mL) Submit specimen in an ARUP Standard Transport Tube.

Remarks:  Avoid use of separator tubes.

Stability:  After separation from cells: Ambient: 5 days; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 6 months
Reference Interval:
Therapeutic Range:
Total drug: 95-250 ng/mL
Toxic: > 500 ng/mL
Note: Report includes individual values for amitriptyline, nortriptyline, and total.
CPT Code(s): 80152 Amitriptyline; 80182 Nortriptyline
 
 

 

 

 
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