Personal Injury Law

FDA: Drug Patches Pose Burn Risk in MRIs

By Edward Bills

MRI scans could pose a safety threat to patients who use nicotine or other drug delivering patches, officials from the Food and Drug Administration warned last week. According to the FDA, tiny metal fragments in many of the patches can become heated by the devices, creating a risk for burns. The FDA has issued a number of alerts recently involving MRIs as the devices have become increasingly common and powerful.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on March 09, 2009 (boomark / email).