Gallium Citrate Injection

Țară: Australia

Limbă: engleză

Sursă: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

Ingredient activ:

Gallium(67Ga) citrate

Prospect

DRN 3103 
GALLIUM (GA67) CITRATE INJECTION  AUSTRALIA 
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GALLIUM (GA 67) CITRATE INJECTION

_Gallium (Ga 67) Citrate Injection  _
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CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION    
Mallinckrodt Medical B.V. _______________                  
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_WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET? _
This leaflet answers some of the common questions about Gallium (Ga 
67) Citrate Injection. It does not contain all of the available
information 
about Gallium (Ga 67) Citrate Injection. It does not replace talking
to 
your doctor.  

All medicines have risks and benefits. Your doctor has weighed the 
risks of you or your child receiving Gallium (Ga 67) Citrate
Injection 
against the benefits he or she expects it will have.  

IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING THIS MEDICINE, ASK YOUR 
DOCTOR.

KEEP THIS LEAFLET.
  You may need to read it again.  
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_WHAT IS GALLIUM (GA 67) CITRATE INJECTION?_
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Gallium (Ga 67) Citrate Injection contains the active ingredient
called 
Gallium Ga 67 and belongs to a group of medicines called 
radiopharmaceutical agents, which are all radioactive.  

Gallium (Ga 67) Citrate Injection comes in a 10 mL vial and is
available 
in three different radioactivities.  It is ready for intravenous
injection as 
packaged.  

_WHAT GALLIUM (GA 67) CITRATE INJECTION IS USED FOR?_
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Gallium (Ga 67) Citrate Injection is used to diagnose, stage and/or 
manage malignant lymphomas such as Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s 
lymphoma.  Gallium (Ga 67) Citrate Injection may also help in the 
diagnosis of lung cancer.  

Gallium (Ga 67) Citrate Injection can also be used to diagnose
specific 
lung inflammatory lesions. 

Your doctor may have prescribed Gallium (Ga 67) Citrate Injection
for 
another purpose. Ask your doctor if yo