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Gadolinium poisoning:If you or someone you know is suffering from gadolinium poisoning, you must consult our lawyers and attorneys immediately. There may be a Gadolinium Class Action lawsuit with compensation from a cash settlement. We are currently investigating the alleged causal link between gadolinium and NFD, although there is no direct evidence as of yet that establishes a secure connection. Our vast experience with defective drugs enables us to move quickly and get you the justice you deserve.
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) Linked to Gadolinium Based Dye Used in Patients
Of the most recently reported Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis NSF cases is a 38 year old woman named Sarah Francella who resides in Santa Barbara, CA. Francella, who has been suffering from NSF since an MRI 2 years ago, is enduring the immobilizing aftermath of Gadolinium. With very little research and information available regarding nephrogenic systemic fibrosis this is an uphill battle for many that has just begun and likely won’t be ending soon.
Over a 1,000 cases of Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) are being investigated nationwide. With growing concern regarding Gadolinium use, a contrast agent used during Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), NSF is making its way to the forefront of both patient and physician concern. Though rare, NSF is a severely painful and sometimes fatal disease that has no known cure. Most common in patients with prior kidney problems, NSF develops 2-3 months following an MRI. Patients who develop this condition experience calcification and hardening beneath the skin. This damage is irreversible, as well as extremely uncomfortable.Questions remain whether or not this is truly a safe compound or not. There have been reported cases of renal (kidney) problems in some patients. The problem seems to occur with patients with renal failure that have had to undergo dialysis.
FDA WARNING FOR GADOLINIUM:
- Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): marketed as Magnevist, MultiHance, Omniscan, OptiMARK, ProHance
- Audience: Radiologists, Nephrologists, Dermatologists, other healthcare professionals
Manufacturers of Gadolinium-based contrast agents issued a Dear Healthcare Professional letter to inform healthcare professionals of the addition of a BOXED WARNING and revisions to the WARNING section of the prescribing information for Gadolinium-based contrast agents as listed above used in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
Gadolinium is a clear, non-radioactive liquid approved by the FDA as an injectible contrast agent used during magnetic resonance imaging tests (MRI). These advanced tests use high-powered radio waves to look inside the body, and doctors use Gadolinium to provide better contrast between healthy and unhealthy tissues.
When Gadolinium fluid is injected into the veins it is absorbed by the unhealthy tissue, and these areas appear as very bright compared with the other areas of the body, giving doctors a clear picture of which organs or areas of the body are abnormal.
Gadolinium allergic reaction: Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy Nephrogenic Systemic FibrosisThe Food and Drug Administration is currently investigating a connection between gadolinium-based chemical agents and the disease called Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis, sometimes called Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy (NFD), which affects patients suffering from kidney failure. The FDA believes that a link could exist between NSF and gadolinium after the Danish Medicines Agency reported 25 cases on May 29, 2006. Of these cases, 20 were reported in Denmark and five in Austria. All of these patients developed NSF within at least three months after contact with gadolinium.
The symptoms of Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis generally include:
- Tightening and swelling of the skin, usually in the extremities
- Fibromyalgia type symptoms.
- Thickening of the skin around the joints, which restricts movement
- Muscle weakness
- Reddened patches on the skin
- Skin texture changes one not dissimilar to an orange peel
- Burning, itching, sharp pains in affected areas
- Calcification of muscle, skin, tendons
- Bone pain in the hips and ribs
- Symmetrical skin lesions, commonly on the ankles and thighs
- Yellow plaques near the eyes
- Hypertension usually precedes skin lesions
The relatively rapid onset of symptoms combined with the severity of the condition has baffled doctors, and as such there is no current successful treatment for NFD.
FDA Boxed Warning for Gadolinium:
FDA notified healthcare professionals of the Agency's request for the addition of a boxed warning and new warnings about the risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) to the full prescribing information for all gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs). The new prescribing information FDA is requesting highlights and describes the risk for NSF following exposure to a GBCA in patients with acute or chronic severe renal insufficiency (glomerular filtration rate <30 mL/min/1.73 square meters) and patients with acute renal insufficiency of any severity due to the hepato-renal syndrome or in the peri-operative liver transplantation period. Healthcare professionals should avoid the use of a GBCA in these patients unless the diagnostic information is essential and not available with non-contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.
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Courtney Meeksays: 2011-11-16 16:50:17
I did an mri about two years ago where that dye was poured into my body. Since then the skin under my feet is thickned .My toes are severly painful and stiff and i sometimes looses my balance.
Joesays: 2011-09-26 10:35:04
My very healthy, 22 year old son who plays BB on a division 1 team, had a very severe reaction to mri dye. Do you know of a DR in the Philadelphia area that I may consult?
Teresa Wildersays: 2011-09-08 18:38:04
Hello, I am writing this in hopes that you can help my husband My husband has a skin condition that up until recently was a complete medical mystery. OHSU does not even know what it was. He has had every test from HIV to chicken pox all with a negative result. We recently had a test done for metal poisoning, this test came back overwhelmingly positive for Gadolinium. The only problem is that we don??t know if it can be cured or even treated. My husband loses his skin once a day or more he is down to the dermal layer of his skin. He has likened this condition to having poison oak with bee stings 24 hours a day. He cannot go outside for more than 10 minutes or into a store that has perfumes or irritants or he has a major breakout over and above the usual condition. He has ulcerated sores from head to toe that will not heal and if he bumps his skin it bleeds. He has lost his hair on 90% of his body. He sits in his chair lightly stroking his skin trying to get the nerves to calm down so that he can get any relief. There does not seem to be any medicines that help him much. His skin looks as if he has tiny bumps under the surface. He also gets cystic type growths about the size of a baseball that get infected and have to be removed, only to be tested and the result is skin cells. The doctors think that this condition may be deteriorating his bones as well. I closed my business and went back to school so that I could take care of him. I am working on an education so that I can provide an income for my family, but that is still 2 ? years away before I am finished and gainfully employed. . We have been trying to get SSDI for almost 5 years now and we have yet to have a hearing. My husband prior to his disability was a grinderman in a mill where he sharpened big veneer knives. The research we did says that the Gadolinium was in the ceramic sharpening stones and in the magnetic bed plate that he ground. It is also in fluorescent lights that he was instructed to break into the big garbage can at work. We don??t know how or what to treat him with and all of the doctors and naturopaths don??t know either. I have scoured the internet trying to find help from a doctor that knows how to treat this horribly debilitating condition to no avail. We don??t have a lot of time or money left for that matter and need help fast, and from someone who really knows about this, not just a ??well I think this should work?. My husband gets sicker by the day and I feel he is slipping away from me. When you read this keep in mind that my husband has never had an MRI or MRA with contrast dye. We need your help now, Please! We need a good doctor and a good lawyer who will take our case even though his condition is not related to an MRI or MRA it is still gadolinium poisoning. We have been married for 26 years and together for 30 and He is the love of my life and my one mate in life, I don't want to lose him yet. Signed a very broken hearted scared wife, Teresa Wilder
Iolanda DeRuitersays: 2011-08-29 16:52:39
In June 2009 I had an MRI with gadolinium contrast dye. I was unaware that this dye could cause such devastating consequences. By August 2009 I was incredibly sick and i was taking large amounts of cortisone. I was having svere skin rashes, burning, tightening of the skin and neuromuscular problems. My doctor ordered many tests to rule out possible conditions including scleroderma. By October 2009 I ended up at the pain clinic at the univerty of WA. I was placed on neurontin and gabapentin, the physician at the pain clinic referred me to other doctors including the neurologist. I am still very, very ill. I believe that I am in this condition because of the gadolinium. I need help. I have all the doctors documentation. I was not given any tests to detect the gadolinium in my body at that time. I was told only people with severe kidneys disease were affected. I know this is not true. Please feel free to contact me. iolandaderuiter@yahoo.com
ralph pelkeysays: 2011-08-28 22:10:04
i really dont no how many mri s ive had but in a year and a half i can rember 4 with contras. i have had so much body pain,joints ,skin muscle,break outs on my face that wont heal,ive got this stuff growing on my legs,feetback,now my arms and chest and neck it is so gross i told the people that i had a week kidney with cancer in it and they gave me contrast any please please help me ralph pelkey
WILLIAM HAKIMsays: 2011-08-21 04:19:55
I had several mri or cat scans with contrast dye and I remember complaining about a severe heat reaction. Once for an eye test of some kind I threw up within 20 seconds from the dye injection. I have strange growths on my right lower leg that are round and shabby at times but never heal or go away. I have asked my doctor but with no resolution. I am healthy but I would like to know what happened....
Debbie Sue Nictunesays: 2011-05-02 09:52:21
I had an extensive MRI a few years ago. I am experiencing muscle pain, bone pain in hips, lesions on my stomach area and breasts, swelling of my legs and hands,and restricted movement.
Casey Sugarmansays: 2011-04-24 17:55:03
Long 10 year battle. 6 gado injections for MRI Lots of lab data I have it all. Am a biologist/medically trained. Please contact me.
Dorothy Rosesays: 2011-03-24 15:15:01
Had MRI with contrast ProHance. I told them I was allergice to this, but they assured me this one would not hurt me. After injection of ProHance, my throat started itching, my whole body seemed to burn all over. When I went home I became sicker even though I drank 10 16oz of water they told it would wash out of my system. Instead my hands and feet swelled up and I never had urge to urinate until later in night. Chills and fever of 103 followed. Today, I have severe headache, and hurt in every joint and still have fever which I am trying to keep down with tylenol. I have never had so much pain. Why did they not listen to me when I told them I'd had allergic reactions in past. I don't know what to do. Live alone and just staying in bed with covers and shivering and still have fever. Too sick to drive my self to doctor.
Juleesays: 2011-03-03 04:10:05
I am in desperate need for someone to help me. I am in poor health and had to have an MRA done without contrast to evaluate an aortic blockage. It was done without contrast due to an Iodine allergy discovered during an IVP. Even though gladioleum is different from Iodine, they did not want to take any chances. However, when it was discovered I had a blockage, we HAD to use some of the contrast during the procedure (had MRA done in 2005 with contrast and was very ill after test). It was also known I had renal and liver insuffiency. Since the procedure 1/5/11, I have gotten sicker and sicker. After the 2005 procedure, I had heard about NFS just a bit. I was just hospitalized last week with a 6.9 potassium level which put me in critical state. During this time, I have been experiencing I have developed extreme muscle pain and weakness with discoloration from ankles down and numbness and tingling, and so on. Ihave not researched NSF symptoms yet, but these symptoms have veen getting progressively worse. This AM, numbness and tingling and "wooden" feeling has traveled up to my knees and elbows to hands. I am havig difficulty walking or grasping. I KNOW there is something BAD wrong in my body. However, docs are focusing on renal failure (now at 32%) and high potassium levels. I KNOW there is something else wrong and I continue to deteriorate. Please, please help me.