Ceretec 500 micrograms kit for radiopharmaceutical preparation
This medicinal product is for diagnostic use only. After reconstitution with Sodium Pertechnetate ( 99m Tc) Injection, the product is indicated in adults for: (1) Technetium ( 99m Tc) Exametazime Injection is indicated for brain scintigraphy. The product is to be used for the diagnosis of abnormalities of regional cerebral blood flow, such as those occurring following stroke and other cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, transient ischaemic attack, migraine and tumours of the brain. (2) Technetium ( 99m Tc) Exametazime Injection is also indicated for in vitro technetium-99m leucocyte labelling, the labelled leucocytes subsequently being re-injected and scintigraphy carried out to image the sites of localisation. This procedure may be used in the detection of sites of focal infection (e.g. abdominal abscess), in the investigation of pyrexia of unknown origin and in the evaluation of inflammatory conditions not associated with infection such as inflammatory bowel disease.