Most Neurogenic Fibrosis Cases Associated with Three MRI Gadolinium Agents
-Health Leaders Media
07/02/2010 - Radiologists should avoid using three types of common gadolinium based contrast agents when administering MRIs to patients with chronic or acute kidney disease, according to an advisory from the American College of Radiology. More>>>

Woman sues drugs giant over jab she blames for ruining her life
-DailyRecord
02/01/2010 - A woman claims she has been left wheelchairbound and warned she could die because of a drug given before a routine scan. Doctors have been advised to stop using Omniscan on certain patients since Margaret Roxburgh's ordeal. Now Margaret, 54, is taking the drug's makers to court. She was found to have Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) days after being injected. Omniscan is a chemical marker that works in the bloodstream to help doctors analyse scan results. More>>>

GE Attempts to Silence Doctor Who Warned About Dangers of Medical Imaging Drug
-NaturalNews
01/22/2010 - GE Healthcare, a British subsidiary of multinational giant General Electric, is suing Henrik Thomsen, a senior radiologist and professor of radiology, for sounding the alarm about the dangers of the company's medical imaging drug, Omniscan. After witnessing kidney patients who had received the drug develop potentially fatal conditions, Thomsen publicly exposed the drug's dangers which caused a firestorm of controversy. More>>>

Adverse Reactions from Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Used During MRI Rarely Occur, Study Suggests
- Health Canal
01/20/2010 - Acute adverse reactions from gadolinium-based contrast agents used during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to help improve the information seen on the images rarely occur, according to a study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. More>>>

Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Possibly Dangerous
-HealthDay News
12/30/2009 - In patients with renal function impairment, the use of gadolinium-based contrast agents is risky because it can lead to the development of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, according to a study in the January issue of The Journal of Urology. More>>>

Injury added to insult: Dyes injected for imaging are more dangerous than the MRIs
-Natural News
12/09/2009 - By now most Natural News readers are aware of the dangers from excessive CT scans, X-Rays, and other imaging health screenings. But what about those dyes injected into your body for the purpose of increasing image contrast and clarity? More>>>

Drugs used during MRI scans that have been linked to a rare disease are being widely used in South Africa.
-Times LIVE
10/26/2009 - An agent used during MRI scans has been named as a health risk for those with kidney problems. But radiologists say local patients have little to fear. US researchers have found that the drugs - contrast agents containing the potentially toxic metal gadolinium, which make scans easier to read - pose health risks to people with impaired kidney function. More>>>

Specter of MRI disease haunts GE
-ProPublica
10/20/2009 - In May 2006, medical regulators in Denmark issued a warning that signaled trouble for General Electric. Danish researchers noted that, over a four-year period, 25 patients in Denmark and Austria had suffered a rare and crippling disease after undergoing an MRI, the scanning procedure used to diagnose everything from brain tumors to blown knees. More>>>

Gadolinium and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Symptoms
-US Recall News
08/26/2009 - Gadolinium is a contrast agent used in MRI. Gadolinium can cause side effects ranging from minor skin irritations to debilitating, and sometimes fatal, Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF). Gadolinium is especially dangerous for patients with poor renal function. Below is a list of side effects associated with Gadolinium, including the symptoms of NSF. More>>>

Lawsuit: MRI dye linked to disease
RI woman among those joining a lawsuit
-WPRI
07/14/2009 - A Warwick woman has joined 516 other plaintiffs in a massive lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies that make certain dyes used for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The woman, who did not want to be identified, was diagnosed with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in 2006 after being injected with a contrast-agent made with gadolinium. More>>>

"I had an Allergic Reaction Immediately after the MRI Gadolinium Injection"
-LawyersandSettlements
04/25/2009 - Jason says he has been having complications from a gadolinium based-contrast agent he was injected with during an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). "I had an allergic reaction immediately after the gadolinium injection," says Jason. "Nobody told me beforehand about the risk factors, or even what it was." Jason found out later that gadolinium exposure is linked to nephrogenic systemic fibrosis / nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NSF/NFD). More>>>

Bayer Settles Suits Over Imaging Dye Tied to Disease
-Bloomberg
04/17/2009 - Bayer AG, Germany’s largest drugmaker, has started settling lawsuits over its Magnevist contrast agent used in diagnostic imaging tests. The company began negotiations in about 40 cases linking the product to a disease that hardens organs, Peter Burg, an attorney with Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh Jardine PC in Englewood, Colorado, said today. More>>>

Data Support Gadolinium-NSF Link
-Renal and Urology News
04/02/2009 - Meta-analysis reveals a strong association between contrast agents and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. Evidence suggests a potentially causal link between gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in patients with advanced kidney disease, according to researchers. More>>>

Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Settlements Being Negotiated on Bayer Magnevist Lawsuits
-AboutLawsuits
03/16/2009 - According to U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, Bayer Healthcare has initiated settlement negotiations with a number of plaintiffs who have filed Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis lawsuits after receiving the gadolinium-based Magnevist MRI contrast agent. More>>>

Gadolinium Can Make MRIs Hazardous to Your Health.
-LawyersandSettlements
01/14/2009- Cleveland, OH: Magnetic resonance imaging, known more commonly as an MRI, is one of the super tools of modern medicine. It provides doctors with a detailed picture of what’s going on deep inside a patient’s body. However, there is evidence to show that one of the chemical agents used to produce MRI can be extremely toxic to people with kidney disease. More>>>

Gadolinium Lawyers to Select from 193 NSF Lawsuits for First Trials
-AboutLawsuits
12/22/2008- Lawyers for the plaintiffs and lawyers for the manufacturers of gadolinium based MRI contract agents, have filed a joint list of 193 NSF lawsuits which are eligible to be among the first cases prepared for trial in the consolidated federal litigation. More>>>

Gadolinium Litigation Involves 391 Lawsuits in State and Federal Court
-AboutLawsuits.com
09/24/2008- According to documents filed in federal court, the makers of gadolinium-based contrast agents currently face 391 lawsuits filed by individuals who allege that they developed a rare condition known as NSF, or nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, after an enhanced MRI. More>>>

Gadolinium is linked to a New Man Made Disease with No Known Treatment
-InjuryBoard.com
09/18/2008- The relatively new medical device is gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA or gadolinium) used during certain MRI or similar procedures. The new kidney related disease that is little more than a decade old is called Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF). More>>>

GE, others sued over MRI contrast dyes
-Madison County Record
08/14/2008- Makers of MRI contrast dyes are being sued by claimants who say they developed a skin hardening condition from exposure to a metal that is highly toxic in its free state. More>>>

MRI Health Problems: "It's Like Being On Fire"
-LawyersandSettlements
7/31/2008- More and more people are discovering that they are allergic to MRI gadolinium-based contrast dyes. Unfortunately, they are discovering this well after the dye has been used and has caused serious health problems. More>>>

MRI Health Risks: "I Will Not Have That Dye Again"
-LawyersandSettlements
07/27/2008- Springtown, TX: It really should be simple: have an MRI procedure done, walk away from the MRI in the same health as when you walked in. However, that is not everyone's experience. More>>>

Gadolinium-based contrast raises nephrogenic systemic fibrosis risk

-Medicexchange.com

07/22/2008- Gadolinium-based contrast material used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) increases the risk for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), according to a report in the June issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. More>>>

MRI Health Risks: Contrast Agent Claims another Victim

-Lawyers and Settlements

06/24/2008- Fred has been diagnosed with NFS (Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis, also known NFD). It is a crippling and horrific disease directly associated with exposure to gadolinium-based contrast agents used in MRIs. More>>>

MRI Health Risks: The Danger in the Discovery
-Lawyers and Settlements

06/18/2008- The largely man-made disease most closely associated with the use of gadolinium-based contrasting agents in MRI procedures is just a little more than 10 years old, and is a horrific affliction--called NSF or NFD. More>>>

MRI Health Risk: Say NO to Contrast Agents

-Lawyers and Settlements

06/13/2008- Leon L. lives in a state of uncertainty: he has had six MRIs and each time, was injected with a gadolinium-based contrast agent. Nobody can give him a definite answer whether or not the side effects he has developed will lead to NSF—nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. More>>>

MRI Health Risk: Entombed by Your Own Skin

-Lawyers and Settlements

06/11/2008- There isn't a man or woman alive who doesn't want to feel comfortable in his or her own skin. It's become a catch phrase for emotional well-being. More>>>

MRI Health Risks Have Little To Do With Magnetic Personality

-Lawyers and Settlements

06/02/2008- As important as the MRI is in detecting disease and abnormalities deep within the human body, the process carries certain risks that have only recently come to light. More>>>

MRI Dyes Poisoning Patients, Turning Skin into "Marble"

-Natural News

05/30/2008- In some patients with kidney problems, a common dye used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tests may lead to an incurable and potentially fatal disease that causes skin to turn hard and immobile. More>>>

MRI Patient Fears he Has NSF/NFD

-Lawyers and Settlements

05/29/2008- It is a horrible affliction: early warning signs are drying and cracking of skin in the joint areas followed by thickening of fingers, knuckles, elbows and knees. More>>>

Gadolinium Side Effects
-US Recall News
05/23/2008- When asking about gadolinium side effects patients are more often than not referring to Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis symptoms, as the symptoms of NSF are essentially the side effects of gadolinium (used as a contrast agent during an MRI) combined with renal failure / poorly functioning kidneys that are unable to properly expel the gadolinium from the patient’s system. More>>>

MRI and MRA Health Risks: Questions Raised
-Lawyers and Settlements
05/16/2008- Chicago, IL MRIs and MRAs are non-invasive diagnostic procedures that enable physicians to visualize internal body structures and contrast agents are often used to further improve diagnosis. The MRI contrast agent market is now the subject of lawsuits concerning gadolinium chelate-based agents (and reported to have sales of more than $1 billion annually) and the potential release of this heavy metal into the body. More>>>

MRI Health Risk: “Doctors Said the Dye caused Kidney Failure”
-Lawyers and Settlements
05/05/2008- Albuquerque, NM: Eighteen months ago, Norm C. was very healthy and active. But he took a turn for the worse and ended up in hospital where he was injected with a gadolinium based contrast agent (like a dye) and had an MRI to determine what was wrong. Turns out, the dye just about killed him. More>>>

MRI Side-effects: The Hard Facts on NSF/NFD
Lawyers and Settlements

4/27/2008 - Having a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan using the contrasting agent gadolinium during the procedure may induce the onset of a debilitating malady commonly known as NSF/NFD. More>>>

Medical Minute: MRI myths and misconceptions
-Penn State Live

03/19/2008 - In recent years, there has been growing recognition of a condition called nephrogenic sclerosing fibrosis or NSF that is related to exposure to MRI contrast agents. More>>>

Suit against Bayer, GE claims chemical compound is toxic

-LegalNewsLine

03/17/2008 - William Paschal and his wife Patricia accuse Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals of manufacturing and releasing a compound into the market consisting of highly toxic metals that allegedly causes consumers to suffer a painful and deadly disease. More>>>

Suits mounting against makers of MRI-enhancing dye

-FierceHelathcare.com

03/07/2008 - A growing list of suits are being filed against makers of gadolinium contrast dyes used to enhance MRI results, which are thought to be causing some cases of a progressive, untreatable and possibly fatal disease known as Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis or Nephorgenic Fibrosing Dermopathy. More>>>

MRI Contrast Causes Disease

-ABC News
02/17/2008 - Hundreds of people are becoming afflicted with an incurable disease caused by a simple Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) procedure. The disease is Nefrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) and many medical professionals believe the only way to contract the disease is from gadolinium, a dye used in certain MRI procedures. “It is the most awful disease that I have ever seen in my life,” said Peter Burg, an attorney representing close to 100 clients who are suing the manufacturers of gadolinium. “And what makes it doubly awful is that it was manmade.” More>>>

Allergic-like reactions to gadolinium-containing contrast media are uncommon

-Reuters
01/17/2008 - Allergic-like reactions to intravenous contrast media containing gadolinium are rare in children and adults, according to a report in the December American Journal of Radiology. More>>>

Allergic reactions to gadolinium-based contrast agents are rare, study finds

-EurekaAlert
12/28/2007 - Allergic-like reactions to gadolinium-containing contrast injections in adults and pediatric patients (those younger than 19 years of age) are rare, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan Health Systems in Ann Arbor. “When these reactions do occur, most of them are mild,” said Jonathan R. Dillman, MD, lead author of the study. More>>>

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