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What is a radiopharmaceutical?

April 26, 2017radiopharmaceutical

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What is a radiopharmaceutical?

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A radiopharmaceutical is a radioactive pharmaceutical. They are used for the treatment and diagnosis of many cancers and diseases. ANSTO runs both the National Medical Cyclotron is located at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and the OPAL reactor.

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A radiopharmaceutical is a radioactive drug. The most commonly used PET radiopharmaceutical is FDG, which is a radioactive form of glucose (sugar). Radiopharmaceuticals are produced by physicists and chemists. WHAT IS FDG? FDG is a type of glucose (sugar) and is the most common radiopharmaceutical used in PET imaging. To begin the PET procedure, a small amount of glucose is injected into your bloodstream. There is no danger to you from this injection. Glucose is a common substance that every cell in your body needs in order to function. Diabetic patients do not need to worry; it would take 1,000,000 doses of FDG to equal the glucose in 1 teaspoon of sugar. FDG has a half-life of approximately 110 minutes, so it is quickly expelled from your body. HOW DO I PREPARE FOR A PET/CT SCAN? Nothing to eat or drink for at least 4 hours prior to appointment time. (Be sure to drink plenty of fluids up to that point. This will make insertion of your IV easier.) Notify x-ray scheduling at 724-543-81

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A sterile, pyrogen free radionuclide or radioactively tagged compound administered to a patient for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. A radiopharmaceutical has no pharmacological effect because of the small amount of material administered.

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A radiopharmaceutical is a radioactive drug. The most commonly used PET radiopharmaceutical is FDG, which is a radioactive form of glucose (sugar). Radiopharmaceuticals are produced by physicists and chemists.

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A radiopharmaceutical is a radioactive drug. The most commonly used PET radiopharmaceutical is FDG, which is a radioactive form of glucose (sugar). Radiopharmaceuticals are produced by physicists and chemists.