Category: MRI

CLASS ACTION SUIT against 5 drug companies • Patients diagnosed with NSF after being injected with contrast-agent • MRI • Never warned • side-effects

NATIONAL – 517 plaintiffs are suing “pharmaceutical companies that make certain dyes used for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).” They were “diagnosed with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF)…after being injected with a contrast-agent made with gadolinium.” While “patients with healthy kidneys simply flush the gadolinium out,” those “with NSF…describe their skin turning wood-like, eventually cracking.” The FDA…

Warning: Don’t wear medication patches during MRI

WASHINGTON (AP) – Need an MRI scan? Tell the doctor if you use any kind of medication patch – from nicotine patches to hormone – releasing ones – or you risk a burn during the MRI. Patches that ooze medication through the skin are becoming more popular, and the Food and Drug Administration just discovered…