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Given during a medical test. Helps Hodgkin's disease, lymphoma, lung cancer, or infections show up more clearly on the test.
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Gallium Citrate Ga 67
Uses
Given during a medical test. Helps Hodgkin's disease, lymphoma, lung cancer, or infections show up more clearly on the test.
How To Use
- APPEARANCE: Injectable.
A nurse or other trained health professional will give you this medicine.
This medicine is injected into your body through a needle placed in one of your veins.
Within a day after receiving your injection, you will have an x-ray test.
This medicine will help your doctor to see where an infection or tumor is in your body.
On the day of injection, you may be given laxatives and enemas to clean your intestines for several days.
Side Effects
- Call your doctor right away if you notice any of these side effects:
Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in your face or hands, swelling or tingling in your mouth or throat, chest tightness, trouble breathing.
Precautions
- You should not receive this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to gallium citrate Ga 67 or benzyl alcohol.
Drug Interactions
- Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breast feeding.
While using this medicine, you may be exposed to the dangers of radiation.
- Talk to your doctor about this risk.
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CONDITIONS OF USE: The information in this database is intended to supplement, not substitute for, the expertise and judgement of healthcare professionals. The information is not intended to cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, drug interactions or adverse effects, nor should it be construed to indicate that use of a particular drug is safe, appropriate or effective for you or anyone else. A healthcare professional should be consulted before taking any drug, changing any diet or commencing or discontinuing any course of treatment.
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