Epidural Steroid Injections / FDA Issues Gadolinium MRI Contrast Alert!
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The United States Food & Drug Administration (
FDA) recently announced that
MRI contrast agents using the heavy metal Gadolinium can be permanently retained within the human body as new evidence indicates it is not completely excreted through the kidneys as once thought. They found accumulating deposits of Gadolinium metal within the brains and kidneys of living and deceased patients, even years later.
Once thought to be a safe imaging contrast agent, Gadolinium is now under increased scrutiny by the medical establishment as brain deposits are being discovered in patients worldwide. Those who have had multiple enhanced
MRI scans, (such as patients with painful back, neck and other spinal related conditions) appear to be the worst affected as the retention is accumulative.
The agency is not sure if these Gadolinium brain deposits have caused any permanent adverse health effects to patients since doctors were never aware that the problem even existed nor what symptoms to look out for. Therefore, the FDA is promising to pursue an investigation to determine whether or not Gadolinium based contrast agents are safe & effective or if it poses a health threat requiring the need of a black-boxed warning for accumulating Gadolinium retention. Some researchers are trying to have the use of Gadolinium halted during the FDA's investigational process. This is highly unlikely since the manufacturer is on record claiming its use as safe
. In the meantime the agency is recommending that doctors limit patient exposure to Gadolinium by ordering MRI scans without the use of contrast agents that contain the metal. Please stay tuned to this developing story
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FURTHER READING:
http://www.fda.gov/
Drugs/DrugSafety/DrugSafetyPodcasts/ucm456533
.htm?source=govdelivery&utm;_medium=email&utm;_source=govdelivery
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/01/09/gadolinium-mri-contrast-agent
.aspx
http://faculty.virginia.edu/metals/cases/prior2
.html
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Neurology/Gadolinium-the-new-problem/show/462185
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