Are The Risks Of Drugs That Enhance Imaging Tests Overblown?

(By Clayton Dalton for NPR)

One of the most widely used drugs in the world isn’t really a drug, at least not in the usual sense.

It’s more like a dye.

Physicians call this drug “contrast,” shorthand for contrast agent.

Contrast agents are chemical compounds that doctors use to improve the quality of an imaging test. In the emergency room, where I work, contrast is most commonly given intravenously during a CT scan. Continue reading article here…

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