Fluoxetine

Standard solutions of the analytes alprazolam (ALP), citalopram (CIT), diazepam (DIAZ), doxepin (DOX), flunitrazepam (FLUN), fluoxetine (FLUOX), carbamazepine (CARB), cocaethylene (COCET), cocaine (COC), norcocaine (NORCOC), nordiazepam (NORDIAZ), nortriptyline (NORTR), oxazepam (OXA), temazepam (TEM), and venlafaxine (VEN) were purchased from Lipomed AG (Arlesheim, Switzerland). Deuterated derivatives of the analytes alprazolam-d5, diazepam-d5, flunitrazepam-d3, fluoxetine-d6, carbamazepine-d10, nordiazepam-d5, oxazepam-d5, and temazepam-d5, used as internal standards, were also purchased from Lipomed AG (Arlesheim, Switzerland). The selected number of 15 analytes, including six metabolites, was considered sufficient given that it was a preliminary study, and increasing the complexity of the method could potentially cause selectivity problems.
High-purity LC-MS chromatographic solvents acetonitrile, methanol, isopropyl alcohol, and sodium hydroxide obtained from Fluka Analytical (Seelze, Germany) were used in the experiment. Analytical-grade solvents acetonitrile, methanol, isopropyl alcohol, sodium hydroxide, and ammonium formate from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA) and formic acid obtained from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany) were also used. Deionized ultrapure water (18.2 M Ω · cm, TOC < 5 ppb) was obtained with the Milli-Q Plus system (Millipore, Bedford, MA, USA).