“…TDM depends upon reliable analytical methods for the determination of plasma/serum levels of drugs and their metabolites. Several HPLC methods coupled to ultraviolet (HPLC‐UV) (Fortuna, Sousa, Alves, Falcao, & Soares‐da‐Silva, ; Greiner & Haen, ; Hunek, Burgyan, & Wang, ; Kimiskidis et al, ; Serralheiro, Alves, Fortuna, Rocha, & Falcao, ) or mass spectrometry (HPLC–MS/MS) (Bhatt, Shah, & Shivprakash, ; de Sousa Maia et al, ; Maurer, Kratzsch, Weber, Peters, & Kraeme, ; Paglia, D'Apolito, Garofalo, Scarano, & Corso, ; Subramanian, Birnbaum, & Remmel, ; Yin et al, ) detection have been developed for the determination of licarbazepine in human serum either alone or simultaneously with other antiepileptic drugs. In general, MS‐based methods are characterized by significant advantages such high sensitivity, fast analysis times and limited sample volumes; however, they often involve expensive and sophisticated equipment requiring specially trained personnel.…”