Posted July 18, 2011 on Gad Law Many patients have filed a Gadolinium lawsuit alleging that they were not adequately warned about the dangers of MRI scans and the risks of developing Nephrogenic Systemic fibrosis from gadolinium based contrast agents. But are there any non-gadolinium based contrast agents that could have been used on these Full Article…
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Gadolinium Study Appears To Show Less Risk For Renal Insufficiency Patients
Posted April 25, 2011 on Gad Law A relatively small-scale study presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the Society of Critical Care Medicine appears to contradict the long-held belief that the side effects of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) can be especially dangerous for people with renal insufficiency. Gadolinium renal failure – No additional failure Full Article…
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Safety and Side Effects of Gadolinium Based Contrast Agents (GBCA)
Posted March 30, 2011 on Gad Law People all over the country have been hearing about Gadolinium litigation. Yet many still have not made the connection between those lawsuits and a seemingly harmless test-the MRI scan- used by medical professionals every day. The FDA warns of several gadolinium side effects produced by the gadolinium-based contrasting Full Article…
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U.S. FDA Approves Bayer’s Gadobutrol Injection for MRI of the Central Nervous System
Posted March 15, 2011 on the Financial The FINANCIAL — Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals announced on March 15 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Bayer’s gadobutrol injection Gadavist (gadobutrol), a 1.0 molar macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) for intravenous use in diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in adults and children age two and Full Article…
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Gadolinium Side Effects
Posted February 22, 2011 on Gad Law Gadolinium’s medicinal benefits have the potential to cause some very serious side effects including , nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, or “NSF”, and a wide range of allergic reactions. As a result of increasing reports of such side effects, the FDA has required gadolinium based MRI dyes to carry a Full Article…
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