Specimen

2 mL (0.5 mL min.) serum from 1 Red Top (No Additive) tube. Do not use SST gel barrier tubes. Ship refrigerated or frozen. Recommended specimen: just before the next dose is due at steady state.

Usage

Carbamazepine is used in the control of Partial seizures with both temporal lobe & psychomotor symptoms and for Generalized tonic-clonic seizures. It is also used for analgesia in Trigeminal neuralgia. This assay is useful in monitoring therapy, determining compliance and assessing toxicity.