ERtracER
18Fludeoxyglucose for injection (FDG) multidose vial.
- 15 mL vial
- Up to 5 patient doses per vial
- Teminally Sterilised to meet the highest quality standards as recommended (Ph. Eur.)
What ERtracER is used for:
ERtracER is used to help diagnose and locate certain types of medical illnesses, including brain problems, heart problems, cancer, infections and inflammatory illnesses. ERtracER consists of a sugar called deoxyglucose that is attached to a tiny amount of radioactive substance, known as Fluorine-18, to form a substance called Fludeoxyglucose 18F.
Your body contains millions of living cells. All the cells use sugar (glucose) for energy. When you have certain medical conditions, some parts of your body will use more glucose than normal. Doctors use this change in the amount of glucose used to help identify and pinpoint the site of cetain medical conditions.
When ERtracER is given to you, a small amount of radioactive glucose spreads around your body and reaches the areas where glucose is being used the most.
By using a special camera, known as a PET scanner or a gamma-camera, pictures (images) of the radiation coming from the ERtracER let your doctor 'see' where the radioactive glucose is being used the most. He/she can then use this to help identify (diagnose) and pinpoint sites where you have a particular medical condition.
This diagnostic medicine can be used to help find out:
- whether you have certain brain conditions such as epilepsy, dementia (Alzheimer's), infections or tumours.
- If you have an abnormality of the heart.
- If you have a certain type of cancer and where it is located.
- How well your cancer treatment is working.