title: Measurement of haloperidol in human breast milk by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for the assay of haloperidol in human breast milk. The method involves rapid extraction of haloperidol and chromatography with a reversed-phase C18 column and a mobile phase of phosphate buffer (pH 4.0):acetonitrile (70:30, v/v). Moperone was used as the internal standard. Haloperidol and moperone were detected with ultraviolet detection at 254 nm. The sensitivity was 5 ng/mL of milk, and the standard curve was linear in the concentration range 5-250 ng/mL. The average interassay coefficient of variation for samples with drug in the concentration range 25-125 ng/mL was less than 8.8%. The absolute recovery of haloperidol by the method was greater than 94.4%. No interference with endogenous substances in human milk was observed. The method was used to determine haloperidol levels in breast milk from patients undergoing chronic haloperidol treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Hirosaki University Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shimoyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugawara
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D006220:Haloperidol