Plasma fluphenazine levels measured by high-performance liquid chromatography in patients treated with depot...

Fluphenazine (CAS 69-23-8) concentrations in plasma of schizophrenic patients after oral (fluphenazine hydrochloride, Moditen) or intramuscular (fluphenazine enanthate, Moditen Retard, or fluphenazine decanoate, Modecate) administration of drug were measured by means of high-performance liquid chromatography. The extracted compound was identified by gas chromatography with mass selective detector. Pharmacokinetics of fluphenazine has been studied.