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I hate shots! My blood pressure rises, my pulse rate skyrockets, and I start
dripping with sweat, all over a needle that really does not hurt. Give me some
'antibiotic juice' to drink any day!
Sam
brian whatcott wrote:
At 22:38 8/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
The excellent reference referring to a UFlorida online lecture effort
I went to an orthopedic surgeon today about chronic back pain and as
expected he ordered an MRI of my spine. However, unlike other MRI's I
have had ordered, he specifically wrote with gadolinium on the Rx form. I
didn't think to ask him about it and got curious on the drive back home.
Since the appt isn't for another week, I am curious to know about the
gadolinium. Is it something specifically added to the magnet, or around
my spine or???? I don't think it would be an injection.
...
Patti Mason
pmason@wvec.k12.in.us
mentioned by Bob Sciamanda, mentions ( if you have enough patience) that
Gadolinium
compounds are used as opacification agents or "contrast agents" in MR
imaging.
Depending on the target organ, they may be injected.
(As a Canadian surgeon proactising here confided to me - there is a U.S
love affair with injections - where a broad band antibiotic might elsewhere
be administered in oral form, here it is de rigeur to provide it
intra-muscularly.
Patients essentially demand it. The therapeutic effects begin, after all,
in 3 minutes, rather than 30 minutes.
The sharp however, has to be charged for and disposed of...)
Sincerely
Brian Whatcott Altus OK