Collection Notes: Collect as a trough within 30 minutes prior to the next dose.
Clinical Utility: Carbamazepine is useful in treating patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Levels are monitored to assure adequate therapeutic levels are achieved, and to avoid toxicity.
Serum (1 mL)
Lithium Heparin (1 mL)
Ambient 6 Days
Refrigerated 10 Days
Frozen 30 Days
Plasma (1 mL) EDTA
Ambient 6 Days
Refrigerated 10 Days
Frozen 30 Days
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