Drug Notes

Gadoversetamide (By injection)

Gadoversetamide (gad-oh-ver-SET-a-mide)

Used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Helps your doctor to see images of your brain, spine, liver, and other parts of your body. This medicine is a gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA).

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How to Use This Medicine:

Injectable

• A doctor or other trained health professional will give you this medicine. This medicine is given through a needle placed in one of your veins just before you have an MRI scan.

Drugs and Foods to Avoid:

Ask your doctor or pharmacist before using any other medicine, including over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products.

Warnings While Using This Medicine:

• Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have kidney disease, anemia or other blood problems, asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, or a history of an allergic reaction to any contrast agent. Tell your doctor if you have an allergic respiratory disease, seizures, or heart disease.
• This medicine may cause the following problems:
  • Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF)
  • Kidney damage
• Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine. This medicine may affect certain medical test results.

Possible Side Effects While Using This Medicine:

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
• Change in how much or how often you urinate, blood in your urine
• Chest pain, trouble breathing
• Cold feeling, confusion, restlessness, or increased salivation
• Fast, slow, pounding, or uneven heartbeat
• Lightheadedness, dizziness, or fainting
• Muscle stiffness or weakness, stiff joints or trouble moving, or deep bone pain
• Numbness, tingling, or burning pain in your hands, arms, legs, or feet
• Severe rash or redness on your skin
• Skin rash, swelling, hardness, tightness, burning, itching, or red or dark patches

If you notice these less serious side effects, talk with your doctor:

• Bad taste in your mouth
• Headache
• Pain, itching, burning, swelling, or a lump under your skin where the needle is placed

If you notice other side effects that you think are caused by this medicine, tell your doctor

Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088

Last Updated: 1/27/2017