| Test Name |
Beta-Blockers Panel, Serum/Plasma |
| Test Includes |
Acebutolol [LC-MS/MS], Atenolol [LC-MS/MS], Labetalol [LC-MS/MS], Metoprolol [LC-MS/MS], Nadolol [LC-MS/MS], Pindolol [LC-MS/MS], Propranolol [LC-MS/MS], Sotalol [LC-MS/MS], Timolol [LC-MS/MS] |
| Compound Synonym(s) |
B-Cardone®
Betacardone®
Betapace®
Blocadren®
Corgard®
Inderal®
Lopressor®
Normodyne®
OLOL
Sectral®
Sotacor®
Tenormin®
Timoptic®
Timoptol®
Trandate®
Visken® |
| Purpose |
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring |
| Category |
Cardiovascular, Anti-Adrenergic, Beta-Blocker, Antihypertensive, Antiarrhythmic, Beta-Blocker, Anti-Adrenergic, Vasodilator, Antihypertensive, Beta-Blocker |
| Method(s) |
High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) |
| 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: 1 day(s)
Refrigerated: 14 day(s)
Frozen (-20 °C): 14 day(s) |
| Rejection Criteria |
Received Room Temperature. Polymer gel separation tube (SST or PST). |
| Day(s) Test Set-up |
[LC-MS/MS] Tuesday Thursday 2 days |