Optiray
Optiray is a special dye that helps doctors see your blood vessels and organs clearly on X-rays.
Form
injektio-/infuusioneste, liuos
Strength
350 mg I/ml
Active Ingredient
Ioversol
Manufacturer
Guerbet
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor or X-ray specialist will decide the right amount for you. They will use the smallest dose needed for clear pictures.
Method
A doctor or X-ray specialist will inject Optiray into your vein. It will be warmed first and given during your X-ray.
Important
The doctor will use the smallest amount needed for clear X-ray pictures.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Feeling of warmth
- •Pain
- •Nausea
RARE
- •Hives
- •Skin redness, itching
- •Dizziness/lightheadedness
- •Headache
- •Taste disturbance
- •Unusual sensations, like tingling or prickling
- •Vomiting
- •Sneezing
- •High blood pressure
- •Fainting
- •Vertigo
- •Blurred vision
- •Rapid pulse
- •Low blood pressure
- •Flushing
- •Laryngeal spasms
- •Airway swelling and narrowing, including throat tightness, wheezing, and difficulty breathing
- •Nasal inflammation causing sneezing and stuffy nose
- •Cough, throat irritation
- •Dry mouth
- •Rash
- •Urgent need to urinate
- •Facial swelling, including around the eyes
- •Chills
- •Uncontrolled shaking
- •Feeling of coldness
- •Severe allergic reaction
- •Confusion, anxiety, restlessness
- •Loss of consciousness, numbness
- •Paralysis
- •Drowsiness
- •Stupor
- •Speech disorders
- •Language disorders
- •Decreased sense of touch or sensation
- •Allergic eye inflammation causing red, watery, and itchy eyes
- •Ringing or buzzing in the ears
- •Heart rhythm disorders, slow pulse
- •Chest pain
- •ECG changes (changes in heart's electrical activity)
- •Disease affecting blood flow to the brain
- •Vein inflammation, blood vessel widening
- •Fluid accumulation in the lungs
- •Sore throat
- •Low oxygen levels in the blood
- •Abdominal pain
- •Salivary gland inflammation, tongue swelling
- •Difficulty swallowing, increased salivation
- •Painful, severe swelling of deep skin layers, mainly in the face
- •Increased sweating
- •Muscle cramps
- •Acute kidney failure or abnormal kidney function
- •Stress incontinence, blood in urine, reduced urine output
- •Tissue swelling due to fluid retention
- •Injection site reactions, including pain, redness, bleeding, or tissue damage
- •Malaise or abnormal feeling, fatigue, sluggishness
- •Severe allergic shock reaction
- •Temporary underactive thyroid
- •Seizures
- •Temporary brain disorder (encephalopathy) that can cause confusion, hallucinations, vision problems, blindness, seizures, loss of coordination, one-sided paralysis, speech problems, and loss of consciousness
- •Movement disorder
- •Memory loss
- •Temporary blindness
- •Cardiac arrest, life-threatening irregular heartbeat
- •Extra heartbeats
- •Coronary artery spasms, heart palpitations
- •Blue skin color due to low blood oxygen
- •Shock
- •Blood clot or blood vessel spasms
- •Pallor
- •Inability to breathe, asthma, narrowed airways
- •Reduced ability to produce sounds using vocal organs
- •Diarrhea
- •Severe reaction affecting skin, blood, and internal organs (DRESS or drug hypersensitivity syndrome)
- •Red, flaky, widespread rash with bumps under the skin and blisters, along with fever when treatment starts (AGEP)
- •Red bumps (macular or papular rash)
- •Life-threatening reactions with flu-like symptoms and painful rash/blisters on the skin, mouth, eyes, and genitals (Stevens-Johnson syndrome / toxic epidermal necrolysis)
- •Absent or painful/difficult urination
- •Underactive thyroid in a newborn
- •Fever
Important Warnings
- Do not use Optiray if you are allergic to iodine-containing contrast agents or any other ingredient in this medicine.
- Do not use Optiray if you have an overactive thyroid gland.
- Tell your doctor if you have asthma or have had allergic reactions like nausea, vomiting, low blood pressure, or skin rashes in the past.
- Tell your doctor if you have heart failure, high blood pressure, circulation problems, or if you have had a stroke or are very elderly.
- Tell your doctor if you have diabetes, kidney, or liver disease.
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- Tell your doctor if you have brain disorders or bone marrow problems, such as blood cancers like paraproteinemia or multiple myeloma.
- Tell your doctor if you have a red blood cell disorder called sickle cell anemia.
- Tell your doctor if you have an adrenal gland tumor that affects blood pressure, called pheochromocytoma.
- Tell your doctor if you have high levels of an amino acid called homocysteine in your body (homocysteinemia), due to a metabolic disorder.
- Tell your doctor if you have recently had gallbladder imaging using a contrast agent or have a planned thyroid examination using an iodine-containing substance. The thyroid test should be postponed as Optiray can affect results for up to 16 days.
- Severe and life-threatening skin reactions (like DRESS, SJS, TEN, and AGEP) have been reported. Tell your doctor if you get a rash, fever, or swelling.
- A temporary brain disorder (encephalopathy) might occur during or soon after the imaging. Tell your doctor immediately if you notice any related symptoms like confusion or vision problems.
- If you are taking metformin for diabetes, your kidney function will be checked. You must stop taking metformin before the exam if your kidney function is reduced and can only restart it 48 hours later if your kidney function is back to normal.
- Do not use Optiray with medicines that increase blood pressure by narrowing blood vessels, as this can cause nerve problems.
- Tell your doctor if you are taking interleukins (medicines used to treat certain tumors) or anesthetics, as more side effects have been reported with anesthetics.
- If you are taking diuretics (water pills) and they have caused dehydration, using Optiray can increase the risk of acute kidney failure.
- Limit food intake before the exam. Ask your doctor for advice. If you have kidney disease, do not limit fluid intake, as it may further worsen kidney function.
- Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or think you might be. Your doctor will only give Optiray during pregnancy if absolutely necessary, as it might harm the baby.
- Stop breastfeeding for one day after the injection because there isn't enough safety information. Talk to your doctor.
- Do not drive or operate machinery for one hour after the injection, as you might feel dizzy or tired.