The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.
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V | Various | |
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V09 | Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals | |
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V09E | Respiratory system |
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| V09EA | Technetium (99mTc), inhalants | |
| V09EB | Technetium (99mTc), particles for injection | |
| V09EX | Other respiratory system diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals |
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Technetium ⁹⁹ᵐTc macrosalb is for diagnostic use only. It is used for pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy and radionuclide venography. When administered in usual doses, technetium [99mTc] macrosalb injection shows no pharmacodynamic effects detectable clinically or/and analytically. |
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Technetium-99m technegas is used for the scintigraphy of alveolar spaces, in particular in the context of the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. In the concentrations used for diagnostic examinations, technegas is an inert suspension and has no pharmacological effect. |
| Document | Type | Information Source | |
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| PULMOCIS Kit for radiopharmaceutical preparation | MPI, EU: SmPC | Health Products Regulatory Authority (IE) | |
| PULMOTEC Kit for radiopharmaceutical preparation | MPI, EU: SmPC | Health Products Regulatory Authority (IE) | |
| TECHNESCAN LYOMAA Powder for suspension for injection | MPI, EU: SmPC |