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LOINC 2.82

Tricyclic antidepressants [Presence] in Hair

Tricyclics Hair Ql

Definition

  • Hair analysis provides a longer surveillance window for drug use than other methods because hair retains drugs longer (weeks or months, compared with days detectable in blood or urine). Collecting hair specimens also is less invasive than urine or blood sampling. Drawbacks for hair analysis include expense, and environmental contamination of the specimen. Tricyclic antidepressants tested for are: amitriptyline, nortriptyline, amoxapine, clomipramine, norclomipramine, désipramine, doxepine, imipramine, maprotiline, and trimipramine.

Component

  • Tricyclic antidepressants

Specimen / system

  • Hair

Class

  • DRUG/TOX

Property

  • PrThr

Scale

  • Ord

Related names

  • Antidepres; Antidepressant; DRUG/TOXICOLOGY; Drugs; Har; Ordinal; Point in time; PR; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; TCA; Tricyclics

Index terms

  • Antidepres
  • Antidepressant
  • DRUG/TOXICOLOGY
  • Drugs
  • Har
  • Ordinal
  • Point in time
  • PR
  • QL
  • Qual
  • Qualitative
  • Random
  • Screen
  • TCA
  • Tricyclics