| Test Name |
Antidepressants Panel 1, Serum/Plasma |
| Test Includes |
Amitriptyline [GC], Amoxapine [GC], Clomipramine [GC], Desipramine [GC], Desmethylclomipramine [GC], Desmethyldoxepin [GC], Desmethyltrimipramine [GC], Doxepin [GC], Fluoxetine [GC], Imipramine [GC], Maprotiline [GC], Mirtazapine [GC], Norfluoxetine [GC], Nortriptyline [GC], Protriptyline [GC], Tranylcypromine [GC], Trazodone [GC], Trimipramine [GC], Venlafaxine [GC] |
| Compound Synonym(s) |
Adapin®
Amitriptyline Metabolite
Anafranil®
Asendin®
Aventyl®
Clomipramine Metabolite
Desyrel®
Doxepin Metabolite
Effexor®
Elavil®
Endep®
Fluoxetine Metabolite
Imipramine Metabolite
Ludiomil®
Norpramin®
Pamelor®
Parnate®
Pertofrane®
Prozac®
Remeron®
Rhotrimine®
Sinequan®
Surmontil®
Tofranil®
Trimipramine Metabolite
Triptil®
Vivactil® |
| Purpose |
Screening for a Class of Drugs and Quantitation of Positive Findings |
| Specimen Container |
NMS Labs has no experimental or literature-based data regarding the choice of specific specimen collection containers for this test. |
| Special Handling |
Promptly centrifuge and separate Serum or Plasma into a plastic screw capped vial using approved guidelines. |
| Light Protection Required |
Not Required |
| Stability |
Room Temperature: 7 day(s)
Refrigerated: 14 day(s)
Frozen (-20 °C): 14 day(s) |
| Rejection Criteria |
Polymer gel separation tube (SST or PST). |
| Day(s) Test Set-up |
[GC] Monday-Friday 3 days |