Abstract
A recent report indicates that hydroxyzine and its active metabolite cetirizine interfere with the particle‐enhanced turbidimetric inhibition immunoassay (PENTINA) carbamazepine assay. We studied potential interference of hydroxyzine and cetirizine with the turbidimetric carbamazepine immunoassay on ADVIA® 1650 and ADVIA 2400 (Bayer Diagnostics, Tarrytown, NY) analyzers. Aliquots of drug‐free serum pools were supplemented with various concentrations of hydroxyzine and cetirizine representing therapeutic, moderate toxic, as well as very toxic concentrations. These samples were assayed by the turbidimetric carbamazepine immunoassay on two analyzers. To study the interference in presence of the analyte, aliquots of a serum pool prepared from patients receiving carbamazepine were further supplemented with various amounts of hydroxyzine and or cetirizine and apparent carbamazepine concentrations were measured again in order to compare with the value of original pool. No apparent carbamazepine concentration was observed when aliquots of drug‐free serum were supplemented with hydroxyzine or cetirizine. Moreover, in the carbamazepine pool, the original carbamazepine concentration compared well when aliquots of this serum pool were further supplemented with hydroxyzine or cetirizine. We conclude that the turbidimetric carbamazepine immunoassay is free from interference of hydroxyzine and cetirizine. J. Clin. Lab. Anal. 21:188–192, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Keywords: hydroxyzine, cetirizine, carbamazepine, turbidimetric
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