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WHAT DOES AN I-131 THERAPY DOSE ADMINISTRATION INVOLVE ?

April 26, 2017Administration dose I-131 involve therapy

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WHAT DOES AN I-131 THERAPY DOSE ADMINISTRATION INVOLVE ?

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! You will be admitted to a single room. A drug may be given to you prior to I-131 therapy to prevent potential nausea. ! A doctor and a technologist will come from the Department of Nuclear Medicine to administer the therapy dose. The doctor will check certain details (such as the date of surgery, and the result of any blood tests you may have had). ! You will then be asked to swallow a capsule containing the iodine-131. This radioisotope is accumulated by areas of thyroid tissue and destroys these areas.