Country: Australia
Language: English
Source: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
Sodium diatrizoate; Meglumine diatrizoate
Bayer Australia Ltd
Medicine Registered
UROGRAFIN ® CMI 1 UROGRAFIN ® (YOU·ROW·GRAF·IN) _sodium diatrizoate and meglumine diatrizoate _ CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET This leaflet answers some common questions about Urografin. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor. All diagnostic agents have risks and benefits. Your doctor has weighed the risks of you using Urografin against the benefits they expect it will have for you. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT USING THIS DIAGNOSTIC AGENT, ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR RADIOLOGIST. KEEP THIS LEAFLET You may need to read it again. Only the doctors conducting your X-Ray examination are able to weigh up all the relevant facts and you should consult them about all aspects of this medicine as it relates to you. Should you have any questions on the use of Urografin in your X-ray examination, these should be discussed immediately with the staff at the X-ray unit performing the examination. WHAT UROGRAFIN IS USED FOR Urografin is an ionic X-ray contrast medium or X-ray dye that is injected directly into the bloodstream while X-rays are being taken. All injectable X-ray dyes, including Urografin, contain iodine. Just as X-rays are unable to pass through bones in your body and thus produce a ‘picture’, X- rays are unable to pass through the iodine in contrast dyes. When Urografin is injected into your body it is used by X-ray specialist doctors (radiologists) in one of the following ways, depending on the condition that is being investigated in your particular case: following injection into an arm vein, Urografin travels with the bloodstream to every organ of the body. Using sensitive computer assisted X-ray machines known as CT or CAT scanners, Read the complete document
1 PRODUCT INFORMATION UROGRAFIN ® NAME OF THE MEDICINE Urografin 30% contains 40 mg/mL sodium diatrizoate and 260 mg/mL meglumine diatrizoate in aqueous solution. Urografin 76% contains 100 mg/mL sodium diatrizoate and 660 mg/mL meglumine diatrizoate in aqueous solution. Urografin also contains sodium calcium edetate and water for injections. STRUCTURE Sodium diatrizoate I I I N N O O H H ONa O Meglumine diatrizoate CH 2 OH + (CHOH) 4 CH 2 COO NH 2 -CH 3 I I I N N O O H H Molecular formula Chemical name Molecular weight Solubility in water Sodium diatrizoate (CAS No. 737-31-5) C 11 H 8 I 3 N 2 NaO 4 Sodium 3,5-diacetamido- 2,4,6-triiodobenzoate 635.90 Freely soluble Meglumine diatrizoate (CAS No. 131-49-7) C 18 H 26 I 3 N 3 O 9 N-Methylglucamine 3,5- diacetamido-2,4,6- triiodobenzoate 809.13 Freely soluble 2 DESCRIPTION PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES Urografin 30% 76% Iodine concentration (mg/mL) 146 370 Iodine content (g) per ampoule of 10mL 1.46 - bottle of 50mL - 18.5 bottle of 100mL - 37.0 bottle of 250mL 36.5 - Contrast medium concentration (mg/mL) 300 760 Contrast medium content (g) per ampoule of 10mL 3.0 - bottle of 50mL - 38.0 bottle of 100mL - 76.0 bottle of 250mL 75.0 - Viscosity (mPa . s or cP) at 20 C 2.2 18.5 at 37 C 1.4 8.9 Osmotic pressure at 37 C (MPa) 1.78 5.4 (atm) Read the complete document