91177 Paroxetine - Interpath Laboratory, Inc.

91177 Paroxetine

Specimen:

Collect:

One 10 mL Red Top

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Lavender (EDTA)

Submit:

2 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Ambient. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Also Acceptable
2 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Ambient. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling:

Separate from cells ASAP

Rejection Criteria:

Use of separator tubes

Stability:

Ambient: 1 Week(s); Refrigerated: 11 Day(s); Frozen: 19 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Chromatography; Gas Chromatography (GC)

Performed:

Reported:

CPT Codes:

82491 - Chromatography, Column

Interpretive Data:


Reporting Limit: 2.0 ng/ml Trough steady-state plasma levels in adult patients have great inter-individual variability. The following steady-state data is from patients on a daily single dose regimen and represent the mean +/- 1SD 20 mg/day = 49 +/- 26 30 mg/day = 86 +/- 61 40 mg/day = 129 +/- 86 50 mg/day = 117 +/- 90