Medication patches containing aluminized backings could potentially cause injury if not removed before an MRI procedure.
The warning was issued this week by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), a Huntingdon Valley, PA-based non-profit organization that provides information about adverse drug events and their prevention.
The ISMP said that an adverse event was reported to the Food and Drug Administration that involved a patient entering an MRI scanner wearing a Habitrol smoking-cessation patch. The patient complained of burning, and upon examination his upper left arm was mildly erythematous and there was a small, denuded blister where the patch had been.
The organization said that other patches that contain metallic components and that should be removed prior to scanning are Androderm (testosterone), Transderm-Nitro and Deponit (nitroglycerin), Transdermscop (scopolamine), and Catapres-TTS (clonidine).
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersApril 27, 2004
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