are radioactive drugs only used for diagnostic purposes only or can they also be used to test blood + tissue?
2007-01-17 13:24:13 · 2 answers · asked by asdf123 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
One of our cats recently became hyperthyroid. Too much thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormone contains iodine. So we took her to a specialized veterinary practice where they do nuclear medicine. They gave her a shot of radioactive iodide-131. This will migrate to her thyroid gland and destroy enough tissue so that she'll have normal thyroid activity.They do the same thing for humans, both thyroid gland tumors and hyperthyroid activity.
Humans get radioactive "seeds" implanted for prostate cancer therapy.
2007-01-17 13:59:44 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use them to do bone scans as well as heart diagnostics and other internal organ diagnostics.
2007-01-17 21:32:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋