Abstract
A method is presented for unattended fully automated extraction and on-line determination of the atypical antipsychotic drug olanzapine in serum. An ASPEC automatic sample-preparing apparatus with Isolute cyanopropyl-bonded silicagel cartridges was used for solid-phase extraction of the drugs from serum. The adsorbed drugs were eluted with methanol and an aliquot injected into a high-performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) apparatus. Trifluoperazine was used as internal standard, and the analytes were separated on an unmodified silicagel column using methanol-ammonium acetate buffer pH 9.9 (85:15) as mobile phase. Ultraviolet detection at 257 nm was used for quantitation. Within the therapeutic range for the serum concentration of olanzapine, the interday variations for the quantitative determinations were <8%. Comparisons between concentrations measured using liquid-liquid extraction and the present on-line extraction method showed good agreement. Other drugs often used in combination with olanzapine did not interfere with the quantitative determinations. The method has been in routine use for more than 1 year for therapeutic drug monitoring.
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