Comments on: Gadolinium Side Effects

By: Lena

Lena — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:52:55 +0000

Hi, I had a MRI with contrast last month on the 22th. It was OK, no big pain when the dye was injected on my right arm, but after a week start having pain in that arm. So it started last Friday, got better the weekend , yesterday got worst – but today is getting really bad!
Don’t know if that can be caused by the dye ( have no idea what they inject), and after a week (?)
Even if I don’t move my arm, still feel painful, and when I move it, I can scream…!

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:15:18 +0000

I had an MRI conducted with a gadolinium injection in the Spring 2008. Shortly thereafter, I experienced an incredible pain in my left hip. Subsequent x-rays did not indicate anything, but the deep hip pain continues to this day. It is only the left hip so it is a mystery to me and the doctors as to what the problem is. I have seen orthopedists, neurologist, neuro surgeon and more. No luck,

By: leslie

leslie — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:14:49 +0000

I have had a blue tatoo where the dye was injected from the mri and the veins are bluer. Has anyone else had this? Can you do anything to remove the tatoo?

By: Angela C

Angela C — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:22:37 +0000

I had three MRI’s back to back yesterday mid-morning, which in itself was grueling. I found out recently that I have Pseudotumor Cerebri, amoungst a couple other neurological things and needed to have the MRI’s, one of the MRI’s called for contrast dye. I had been through an MRI with contrast before so I wasn’t worried this time. After speaking with the tech about how the dye made me feel funny (like I was peeing), he said this was a different dye (Gadolinium) and assured me that this dye would not do that. After all the MRI’s were finished my husband took me home and I’ve been sick with diarrhea and feeling feverish. I called the radiology department where I had the MRI’s done and the tech assured me that this was not a side effect of the Gadolinium, but after reading all these stories I’m not so sure now. Nothing in my diet, nor my medications have changed either. I’m certainly open to any other ideas or suggestions too!

Thanks,
Angela

By: scott

scott — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:46:18 +0000

i had an mr arthrogram done on my left shoulder, with the gadolinium dye. my dr told me there would be some muscle weakness but i never expected it to be this bad. i compete in bench press meets. i weigh roughly 220lbs and am more than capable of bench pressing 515lbs, after having the MR done i could not bench press more than 405lbs in my last meet. i’m just wondering how long the weakness is supposed to last. the MR was done on the 11th of september and my meet was on the 26th of september

By: June Tucker

June Tucker — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:00:45 +0000

I just found this site. My husband died in May 2009 and one of the reasons for death listed Nephrogenic Fibrosis. I am so angry that the last months of his life he was in terrible pain due to gadolinium poisoning. I am trying to educate everyone I come in contact with about the risks of getting NSF. I wish there is more I can do, but don’t know what that might be.
My best to all and if anyone wants to e-mail me please do.
June

By: melissa Mowrey

melissa Mowrey — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:06:56 +0000

Yes I have had many tests CT scans and the dyes with it. I have blured vision ,my kidneys hurt badly on my left side, depresion, feel crankey. Burning in my museles and they hurt badly. I feel also verry tired.

By: Claude de Bogdan

Claude de Bogdan — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:20:28 +0000

I had an MRI of my head done two months ago. I had been having recent balance problems and have been extremely fatigued for 5 years. I don’t know what brand of dye they used or the dosage. When the technician tried to find a vein she had a hard time which was very unusual. She asked if I had been drinking enough water and I said no and that I might be a little dehydrated. I didn’t think at the time about having had a severe case of the runs and the flu the day before. When I left the clinic I was surprised to see that it was starting to get dark at 4pm and that everything was very blurry. I got in the car and soon my vision cleared enough to drive home. The next day I saw my doctor about a sore throat and complained about the skin on my face burning. She said it was “just the mri dye.” When I got home I took off my shirt and I was covered with red blotches everywhere. All over my body except on my face. I was very tired.Next day it had subsided but was still there. The blotches stayed for weeks but the burning didn’t. Since then my vision has stayed very blurry and my eyes are always irritated. I have lost all the hair on the lower half of my lower legs. The area is all discolored with light and dark blotches. If I bend over and use my arms (like when untangling a hose) I sometimes get a sharp pain in my ribs which feels like a muscle spasm and is extremely painful. Every physical problem I had before the test has gotten worse. Looks like lawyers don’t want to talk to you if you don’t have NSF. But they obviously have a case judging by the money spent on finding gad victims.

By: Gadolinium and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Symptoms

Gadolinium and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Symptoms — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:37:40 +0000

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By: Rhonda Thorne

Rhonda Thorne — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:49:43 +0000

I have also retained an attorney for a lawsuit against the makers of Gadolinium and also the doctor that ordered the tests

By: Rhonda Thorne

Rhonda Thorne — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:45:02 +0000

I had an MRI with contrast on Dec. 22,2007 and they said I had lesions on my pancreas then they repeated the MRI with gadolinium on January 7th,2008 only two weeks later. The second test showed no lesions. But since having these tests I have been very ill. My muscles , tendons, bones hurt so bad and my thinking is terrible and my skin hurts and feels to tight ,my eyesight is failing. My left foot feels like it was shot full of novacaineespecially the big toe. They thought I might have fibromyalgia but now believe I have MS. I am awaiting results from two weeks ago where they did another MRI with iodine. Is there anyone with these sort of effects? Oh and severe depression!!! If so please contact me at angel13059@yahoo.com

By: Me

Me — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:25:32 +0000

To RORI: Were these actually MRIs you had? When you say one in your spine, they do not usually inject there with Gadolinium when you’re having an MRI, however, there are other scans wherein they inject dye into the spine. I had a spinal where they injected DYE, but not Gadolinium. The dye is different and does not cause NSF. Just curious. I think that a lot of people are scared but also misinformed. Anyone who is experiencing these side effects, should immediately contact their physician (Internist) just to rule out or at least call the radiologist at the center where you had the scans to get some peace of mind. Just last month I spoke to someone about it and was told it’s specific to patients with renal/kidney failure and that’s when NSF is an issue and not always. So make sure you’re not letting your mind get carried away. I’d be curious to know how some of you are doing. Please e-mail me if you’d care to share: anewleef@aol.com.

By: Me

Me — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:16:52 +0000

I have had several MRIs over the past four years due to an accident and spinal surgeries and now more recently a breast MRI AND an MRI of my liver/abdomen. I asked each time about the side effects of Gadolinium and each time was reassured that it’s the patients who have kidney/renal failure who are in danger, as it is hard for the kidneys to release the toxins after administration of Gadolinium. Something like 95%-97% of the Gadolinium is released with in hours and that by drinking lots of water after your scan will help speed up the process. This is for people with normal functioning kidneys. I had recent blood tests showing normal creatine levels and normal kidney function, so the radiologist and tech said I had nothing to worry about. However, I am frightened as well and have had some weird side effects, but none of the above-mentioned. Anyone with kidney problems should definitely speak with a radiologist before having an MRI with Gadolinium. MRI without the contrast is safe. If you have kidney problems, you still may be a candidate for an MRI, but if you need or are on dialysis or your kidneys are not functioning normally, it is not a good idea to have an MRI with contrast (Gadolinium)!

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:44:03 +0000

I was given Magnevist by injection before a MRI scan in June, 09. The doctors told me it would be out of my body in 6 hours. In August 09 I had a detox foot bath. The water turned orange/yellow which indicates liver, kidney, toxins. The technician had never seen Orange/Yellow water before although it is on their list of colors. My throat had been very sore since the MRI. Now the throat is much better. I have had numerous detox footbaths but have never had Orange/Yellow dirty water before. I suspect that Magnevist is still in my system. I could find no Magnevist data to indicate how long it stays in the body. No one at the hospital can quote any research on how long Magnevist stays in the body. They just state this “six hour” rule.

By: Rori

Rori — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:35:40 +0000

I also stay tired …I have tried so more for energy sake. I have had the swelling that is talked about with the rash. The swelling still comes and goes. Never had a problem with any of this stuff. I just read about the bp being low. Wow I had an incident where my bp was so low…my doctors and everyone in the office freaked, He said I could just walk and drop dead. He had no explanantion for it. Today it still stays below normal, I don’t take meds for it though. We just monitor it.

By: Rori

Rori — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:27:58 +0000

Wow…after reading all these horrid symptoms of the MRI with dye….I’m really concerned. I had at least 2 or more Mri’s done with dye one in my arm and another in my spine(at different times). Both hurt greatly. The nurse told me the pain would go away. I was diagnoised with Spinal Stenosis. I just attributed the systoms I have experienced to it. I have horrible eye sight now and it seems to be getting worse, I went to an eye doctor and he said there was something on my eye but didn’t say what. I have pain in my eye..redness(as if I got hit in it) and swolleness that lasts for days. It just happens, no triggers needed. I also have this thing going on with my feet, never paid much attention to it…but my feet gets knots on the bottom of them and it hurts to walk, my feet seem to be peeling also. My skin on my face seem to be drier, it use to be really oily. I dont know how my kidneys are but i have smelled the amnonia scent. My hip still hurts when I move. It hurts if I sit too long. Sad part is ..it seems to be more pressure in my head now than ever. What should I do? Money is an issue with the economy like this.

By: stephanie

stephanie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:24:07 +0000

I too have had hair loss. im currently going through chelation. will the hair loss ever stop? what can we do.

By: marian

marian — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:32:39 +0000

I have had two mri in the last couple of years plus a very recent one and because I refused the gadoliciaum injection they feel I have to have another mri whidh would inlude the injection. All aI wanted to know is if the tumor had grown. I had a lot of bad effects from the shot before and asked if I had to take it at which point they said ‘no’ . So I dhose not to and plan to continue to say no according to a lot of your reports. One of the doctors told me it’s easy to read the mri without the shot but not as clear. as it would be with the shot.

By: Bernice Mottram

Bernice Mottram — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:41:26 +0000

I have had 2 or 3 contrast dye procedures, one when I had a mylogram on my Spine, Than again after I had a lamanectomy on my lower spine. I also had contrast dye when I had an Mri done on my knees. I have Arthritis. But after my back surgery I had severe Pain in my groins, and thighs. and hips. I could not walk a block without sitting down and am experiencing these symtoms today My Surgery was in 2005 on my lower spine, In 2005 My right Knee had ultra scopic surgery to trim a maniscus and I also had bracitis scraped and Arthritis scraped on my right shoulder, that was cut open and I had stiches on that shourlder. My left shoulder had shoulder replacement in March of 2008. I get very flushed on my neck and face at various time. I am in such pain that I can hardly walk . I would like to know if this has been caused by the contrast dye. I am miserable.

By: Nicole B.

Nicole B. — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:39:10 +0000

@ Sang H: No, he had it injected into his lower pelvis — near the hip.