A Dilute and Shoot LC–MS/MS Method for Antipsychotics in Urine

Abstract Adherence to prescribed antipsychotics is an ongoing problem. Traditionally, estimates of adherence have been made from patient interviews, pill counting and blood testing. A number of methods for the analysis of antipsychotics in blood have been reported for both therapeutic drug monitorin...

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Published in:Journal of analytical toxicology 2020-05, Vol.44 (4), p.331-338
Main Authors: Feng, Sheng, Enders, Jeffrey R, Cummings, Oneka T, Strickland, Erin C, McIntire, Timothy, McIntire, Gregory
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Abstract Adherence to prescribed antipsychotics is an ongoing problem. Traditionally, estimates of adherence have been made from patient interviews, pill counting and blood testing. A number of methods for the analysis of antipsychotics in blood have been reported for both therapeutic drug monitoring and postmortem testing for toxicity. This report details a dilute and shoot method for the analysis of 19 different antipsychotics and metabolites. The method takes advantage of earlier reports demonstrating unique, prevalent urine metabolites for aripiprazole, brexpiprazole, haloperidol and lurasidone to enhance sensitivity for these analytes. With a fast analysis time and minimal sample preparation, this method can be used for quantitation of antipsychotics in urine. Finally, this method has been used to test samples for over a year with the results summarized in this report. While further improvements are certainly possible, this method is selective and sensitive for this group of important compounds.
ISSN:0146-4760
1945-2403
DOI:10.1093/jat/bkz098