Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
Iohexol
GE Healthcare AS
V08AB; V08AB02
Iohexol
300 milligram(s)
Solution for injection
Product subject to Restricted Prescription (C)
Watersoluble, nephrotropic, low osmolar X-ray contrast media; iohexol
Marketed
1990-03-29
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE PATIENT OMNIPAQUE 140 MG I/ML SOLUTION FOR INJECTION OMNIPAQUE 180 MG I/ML SOLUTION FOR INJECTION OMNIPAQUE 240 MG I/ML SOLUTION FOR INJECTION OMNIPAQUE 300 MG I/ML SOLUTION FOR INJECTION OMNIPAQUE 350 MG I/ML SOLUTION FOR INJECTION Iohexol READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START USING OMNIPAQUE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU. • Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. • If you have any further questions, ask your doctor. • This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours. • If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET: 1. What Omnipaque is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you use Omnipaque 3. How to use Omnipaque 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Omnipaque 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT OMNIPAQUE IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR Omnipaque contains the active substance iohexol. This medicine is for diagnostic use only. It is used only to help identify an illness and not in connection with treatment. Omnipaque is a ‘contrast medium’. It is given before an X-ray to make the picture that your doctor takes clearer. • Once injected, it can help your doctor tell apart normal or abnormal appearance and shape of some organs in your body. • It can be used for X-rays of your urinary system, spine or blood vessels, including blood vessels of your heart. • You may be given this medicine before or during a scan of your head or body using ‘computed tomography’ (also called a CAT scan). This type of scan uses X-rays. • It can also be used to look at your salivary glands, stomach and intestine, or for looking in body cavities, such as in your joints or womb and ovarian tubes. • It can also be used in cases of mammography examinations. Your doctor will explain which part of y Read the complete document
Health Products Regulatory Authority 12 March 2024 CRN00DLK2 Page 1 of 16 SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Omnipaque 300 mg I/ml Solution for Injection (Glass) 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Iohexol 647 mg/ml equivalent to 300mg/ml Iodine. Iohexol is a non-ionic, monomeric, triiodinated, water-soluble X-ray contrast medium. The osmolality and viscosity values of Omnipaque 300 mg I/ml are as follows: Concentration Osmolality * Osm/kg H2O Viscosity (mPa×s) 37°C 20°C 37°C 300 mg I/ml 0.64 11.6 6.1 * Method: Vapour - pressure osmometry. This medicinal product contains 0.012mg sodium per ml, i.e. essentially sodium free. For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Solution for injection. A clear, colourless to pale yellow, sterile solution. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS This medicinal product is for diagnostic use only. X-ray contrast medium for use in adults and children for angiography, urography, phlebography and CT-enhancement. Lumbar, thoracic, cervical myelography and computed tomography of the basal cisterns, following subarachnoid injection. Arthrography, endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERP), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), herniography, hysterosalpingography, sialography and studies of the gastrointestinal tract. Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) in adults to evaluate and detect known or suspected lesions of the breast, as an adjunct to mammography (with or without ultrasound) or as an alternative to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) when MRI is contraindicated or unavailable. 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION The dosage varies depending on the type of examination, age, weight, cardiac output and general condition of the patient and the technique used. Usually the same iodine concentration and volume is used as with other iodinated X-ray contrast media in current use. Adequate hydration should be assured before and after administration as for other contrast media. For intrave Read the complete document