Reference Interval:
| Components
| Therapeutic Range
| | Carbamazepine-10, 11 Epoxide
| Not well established
| | Total Carbamazepine
| Therapeutic Range: 4.0-12.0 µg/mL
Toxic Range: Greater than 20.0 µg/mL
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| Interpretive Data: |
The 10, 11 epoxide metabolite has anticonvulsant activity similar to the parent drug. The expected range following chronic therapeutic dose (5.2-20.0 mg/kg) of carbamazepine is 0.5-2.0 µg/mL.
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| CPT Code(s): |
80156; Carbamazepine, total; 80299 Carbamazepine, Epoxide
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