title: Establishment of enzyme immunoassay for measuring serum sultopride levels.
abstract: Measurement of serum sultopride levels was performed using an enzyme immunoassay. Little or no cross-reactivity with metabolites of sultopride and other drugs was found. The results of reproducibility, recovery, and dilution testing were all good enough for clinical use. A comparison between the measurement values of this method (y) with that of high-performance liquid chromatography (x) showed high correlation (n = 211, r = 0.991, p < 0.0001, y = 0.99x + 107.5). In a comparison between the sultopride dose and serum levels in 161 patients, interindividual differences were large (19 times for same doses), implying that the serum level cannot be predicted from the dosage. The method was found to be reliable for serum level measurements of sultopride and useful for monitoring compliance and assessing the optimal dose.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry at Niigata University Faculty of Medicine, Niigata, Japan. someya@med.niigata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Someya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimoda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muratake
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shirai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Funaoka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yashiki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sunahara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000077582:Amisulpride; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000097:blood*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013469:Sulpiride / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D013469:Sulpiride; D000077582:Amisulpride