FDA Warns - Avoid Burning - MRI and Drug Patch Interaction

Updated November 22, 2022

The original links broke.

You can still read about the same topic here:

• FDA advisory: Transdermal drug patches with metallic backings may cause burns during MRI - Healio
• What Patients Should Know Before Having an MRI Exam - FDA.gov

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If you wear drug patches, watch out! You don't want to get burned. If you wear them into an MRI machine, the patch could burn you, warns the FDA in their alert, FDA Warns About Risk of Wearing Medicated Patches During MRIs.

FDA recommends that patients who use medicated patches (including nicotine patches) do the following:

• Tell the doctor referring you for an MRI scan that you are using a patch and why you are using it (such as, for pain, smoking cessation, hormones)
• Ask your doctor for guidance about removing and disposing of the patch before having an MRI scan and replacing it after the procedure.
• Tell the MRI facility that you are using a patch. You should do this when making your appointment and during the health history questions you are asked when you arrive for your appointment.

Additional Info by the FDA & others: FDA Public Health Advisory Risk of Burns during MRI Scans from Transdermal Drug Patches with Metallic Backings Transdermal Drug Patches with Metallic Backings Guidelines for Screening Patients For MR Procedures and Individuals for the MR Environment, Institute for Magnetic Resonance Safety, Education, and Research, www.imrser.org, 2009 

Related Posts: Are You Safe In An MRI Machine? 

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