Interference of metamizol (dipyrone) on the determination of creatinine with the Kodak dry chemistry slide comparison with the enzymatic method from Boehringer. 1993

M A Bagnoud, and J P Reymond
Laboratoire de Chimie Clinique, Institut Central des HĂ´pitaux Valaisans, Sion, Suisse.

In order to eliminate positive interferences that take place with the Jaffé technique, the Kodak Ektachem and Boehringer Mannheim Companies have chosen an enzymatic method for the determination of creatinine in serum and urine. Pathological and clinical samples often contain metabolites in elevated concentrations or exogenous compounds such as drugs or toxic compounds. We noticed that patients receiving metamizol-containing drugs showed unusually low values of creatinine when determined with an Ektachem analyser. We investigated the effect of the main metabolites of this prodrug on the creatinine enzymatic methods of Kodak and Boehringer. We concluded that methyl-amino-antipyrine, the active substance after administration of metamizol (prop. INN) was responsible for the interference, and that no reliable determination of creatinine could be performed with these methods in the serum of patients receiving this drug.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002623 Chemistry Techniques, Analytical Methodologies used for the isolation, identification, detection, and quantitation of chemical substances. Analytical Chemistry Techniques,Analytical Chemistry Methods,Analytical Chemistry Method,Analytical Chemistry Technique,Chemistry Method, Analytical,Chemistry Methods, Analytical,Chemistry Technique, Analytical,Method, Analytical Chemistry,Methods, Analytical Chemistry,Technique, Analytical Chemistry,Techniques, Analytical Chemistry
D003404 Creatinine Creatinine Sulfate Salt,Krebiozen,Salt, Creatinine Sulfate,Sulfate Salt, Creatinine
D004177 Dipyrone A drug that has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties. It is the sodium sulfonate of AMINOPYRINE. Metamizole,Methampyrone,Noramidopyrine Methanesulfonate,Algopyrin,Analgin,Biopyrin,Dipyronium,Metamizol,Metamizole Sodium,Methamizole,Narone,Noramidopyrine Methanesulfonate Sodium,Normelubrine,Novalgetol,Novalgin,Novamidazophen,Novaminsulfone,Optalgin,Pyralgin,Sulpyrin,Sulpyrine
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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