Can Thyrogen be given in the arm?

Thyrogen is a medicine used to stimulate the thyroid and thyroid cancer tissue. Then the tissue will take up the radioiodine you take in before your test. It is given as a shot into your muscle in your arm or thigh.

Why is Thyrogen injection given?

Thyrogen (thyrotropin alfa) is used to help identify thyroid disease by testing the blood for a hormone called thyroglobulin in the follow up of patients with a certain type of thyroid cancer known as well differentiated thyroid cancer.

Is Thyrogen radioactive?

Thyrogen is administered as an injection into your buttock muscle for 2 days in a row. On day 3, the radioactive iodine is administered. When Thyrogen is utilized to test/diagnose possible thyroid cancer recurrence, the injection is given on days 1 and 2.

Where do they inject Thyrogen?

Thyrogen is given as an injection into the buttock for two days in a row. Click here to download a copy of the Thyrogen Administration Instructions Guide. Thyrogen allows you to stay on your thyroid hormone replacement medication in preparation for radioactive iodine ablation or diagnostic followup testing1.

How do you prepare for Thyrogen injections?

  1. Start low-iodine diet on ______________
  2. End low-iodine diet on ______________
  3. You are having both a stimulated thyroglobulin (Tg) blood test and a wholebody scan (WBS) with Thyrogen.
  4. Follow a low-iodine diet before the whole-body scan.
  5. You will receive two Thyrogen injections.

Where do you inject Thyrogen?

Thyrogen should only be administered into the buttock muscle. This solution should never be injected into a vein. Thyrogen must not be mixed with other medicines in the same injection. The recommended dose of Thyrogen is two doses administered 24 hours apart.

What are the side effects of radioactive iodine?

What are the side effects of radioactive iodine?

  • Neck tenderness and swelling.
  • Nausea.
  • Swollen salivary glands.
  • Loss of taste or taste change.
  • Dry mouth/insufficient salivary production.
  • Dry eyes.
  • Excessive tearing from the eyes.