Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Antidepressant
* This volume does not allow for repeat testing
Specimen must be centrifuged and separated from cells within 1 hour of collection
Separation tubes containing polymer gel
Serum Separator Tube (SST)
Plasma Separtor Tube (PST)
Transport
Do not use frost free units that undergo repeated freeze/thaw cycles.
Steady-state peak plasma levels from patients on regimen of 10 or 30 mg/day: 21 and 64 ng/mL, respecitvely, and occur at approximately 4 hours post dose.
This test is not Chiral specific. Patients who have taken Racemic Citalopram (Celexa®), as opposed to Escitalopram (Lexapro®), within the past 3 days may have falsely elevated values.
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Antidepressant
4 to 5 days
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