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Magnevist Drug Center

What is Prescribing information?

The FDA package insert formatted in easy-to-find categories for health professionals and clinicians.

Magnevist Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage

MAGNEVIST® (brand of gadopentetate dimeglumine) Structural Formula Illustration

Central Nervous System

MAGNEVIST Injection is indicated for use with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in adults, and pediatric patients (2 years of age and older) to visualize lesions with abnormal vascularity in the brain (intracranial lesions), spine and associated tissues. MAGNEVIST Injection has been shown to facilitate visualization of intracranial lesions including but not limited to tumors.

Extracranial/Extraspinal Tissues

MAGNEVIST is indicated for use with MRI in adults and pediatric patients (2 years of age and older) to facilitate the visualizat...

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What is Patient information?

Easy-to-read and understand detailed drug information and pill images for the patient or caregiver from Cerner Multum.

Magnevist Patient Information: Side Effects

Some of the side effects of gadopentetate dimeglumine can occur up to 24 hours after you have received the medication.

Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:

  • seizure (convulsions);
  • urinating more or less than usual, or not at all;
  • feeling light-headed, fainting;
  • skin changes where the injection was given; or
  • fast, uneven ...

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Report Problems to the Food and Drug Administration

 

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