Abstract
A comprehensive method is presented for the determination of nine antidepressant drugs and metabolites in serum: (1) amitriptyline, (2) nortriptyline, (3) imipramine, (4) desipramine, (5) maprotiline, (6) doxepin, (7) desmethyldoxepin, (8) protriptyline, and (9) trimipramine. Chlorimipramine is used as the internal standard. A simple solid-phase extraction procedure utilizing disposable reversed-phase C18 columns is described. Samples are analyzed by gas chromatography with nitrogen-selective detection using a wide-bore capillary column with a permanently bonded, non-polar stationary phase. The assay possesses linearity to 800 ng/mL for maprotiline and 500 ng/mL for the other antidepressants, sensitivity to at least 25 ng/mL, recovery ranging from 96 to 107%, and between-run precision reflected by CVs of 4.4 to 8.1%. Lack of interference is documented for over 27 commonly prescribed drugs. We conclude that the method reported here is ideally suited for monitoring therapeutic and toxic levels of antidepressant drugs.
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