Reye syndrome precaution. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Surgeon General, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommend that aspirin and combination products containing aspirin not be given to children under 19 years of age during episodes of fever-causing illnesses. Hence, in the United States, it is advised that the opinion of a doctor or pharmacist should be obtained before anyone under 19 years of age is given any medication containing aspirin (also known on some medicine labels as acetylsalicylate, salicylate, acetylsalicylic acid, ASA, or salicylic acid). Current advice in the
Technetium (99mTc) medronic acid Technetium (99mTc) medronic acid Technetium (Tc) medronic acid (MDP) is a pharmaceutical product used in nuclear medicine to localize bone metastases as well as other diseases that can alter the natural turn-over in the bone by bone scintigraphy. The drug is a complex of medronic acid, the simplest bisphosphonate, with technetium-99m (Tc), a radionuclide that emits gamma rays. The exact structure of the complex is not known. Tc-MDP must be prepared in a radiopharmacy. It is usually supplied as a "cold kit" to which radioactive Tc from a generator is added. Kit composition may vary between suppliers, but contents typically