| Test Name |
Barbiturates, Hair (Forensic) |
| Test Includes |
Amobarbital [ELISA & GC/MS], Butabarbital [ELISA & GC/MS], Butalbital [ELISA & GC/MS], Hair Length [ELISA & GC/MS], Pentobarbital [ELISA & GC/MS], Phenobarbital [ELISA & GC/MS], Secobarbital [ELISA & GC/MS] |
| Compound Synonym(s) |
Amal®
Amytal®
Axocet®
Butisol Sodium
Etamyl®
Eunoctal®
Lotusate®
Luminal®
Nembutal®
Sandoptal®
Seconal®
Stadadorm®
Tuinal® |
| Purpose |
Abuse Monitoring, Forensic Analysis |
| Category |
Hypnotic, Sedative, Anticonvulsant, Sedative |
| Method(s) |
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) |
| Specimen Container |
NMS Labs has no experimental or literature-based data regarding the choice of specific specimen collection containers for this test. |
| Special Handling |
Collect a pencil-thick segment of hair. Bundle, cut at roots, wrap with twist tie at root end. |
| Light Protection Required |
Not Required |
| Stability |
Room Temperature: Undetermined
Refrigerated: Undetermined
Frozen (-20 °C): Undetermined |
| Day(s) Test Set-up |
[ELISA & GC/MS] Tuesday Thursday Sunday 2nd Shift 4 days |
| Suggested CPT Code |
[Sample Prep] 80103x2
[ELISA & GC/MS] 82205
[ELISA] 80101 |