title: High-performance liquid chromatographic method to screen and quantitate seven selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in human serum.
abstract: A high-performance liquid chromatographic screening method (HPLC) is described for the determination of seven selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) (fluvoxamine, milnacipran, paroxetine, sertraline, fluoxetine, citalopram, venlafaxine) and for three pharmacologically active N-demethylated metabolites (desmethylcitalopram, didesmethylcitalopram and norfluoxetine). A tricyclic antidepressant, clomipramine, was used as an internal standard. The method consists of liquid extraction of serum after alcalinisation at pH 9.50, followed by chromatography on a Beckman C18 reversed-phase column. Compounds were detected at 200.4 nm. The standard curves were linear over a working range of 50-1,000 ng/ml for fluvoxamine, 15-1,000 ng/ml for fluoxetine, 25-500 ng/ml for norfluoxetine, 50-500 ng/ml for sertraline, 20-500 ng/ml for paroxetine, 25-550 ng/ml for citalopram, 25-750 ng/ml for desmethylcitalopram, 25-800 ng/ml for didesmethylcitalopram, 25-650 ng/ml for milnacipran, and 25-500 ng/ml for venlafaxine. The quantitation limits of the method were 15 ng/ml for fluoxetine, 20 ng/ml for paroxetine, 25 ng/ml for venlafaxine, norfluoxetine and citalopram, and its metabolites, 40 ng/ml for sertraline and 50 ng/ml for fluvoxamine. No interferences were noted with this sensitive and specific method which can be used for therapeutic drug monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Médecine Légale de Lille, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lille II, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tournel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Houdret
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hédouin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deveau
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gosset
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lhermitte
mesh_terms: D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000097:blood; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors