| You or a loved one may unknowingly have your | | | | now the responsibility of the dye's manufacturer to |
| health, life, and financial future threatened soon after | | | | see that you and your physician are warned clearly of |
| taking a needed MRI scan. This scan requires an | | | | its potential dangers. While there are no known cures |
| injection of MRI dye to increase the visibility of harmful | | | | for NSF or NFD, in order to fight them, you may want |
| tissue, and under ordinary circumstances, your kidneys | | | | to visit your physician a second time to expose a |
| will flush it out in a timely manner. | | | | sample of your blood to ultraviolet light and inject it |
| If you have any history of kidney problems, however, | | | | back into your bloodstream. |
| there is cause for concern. MRI dye is meant to help | | | | Also know that your physician's responsibilities include |
| treat illnesses you already had to begin with, not make | | | | screening you for kidney problems before injecting you |
| your condition even worse. You should watch out for | | | | with MRI dye. If this or any other necessary precaution |
| symptoms of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis or | | | | is neglected, you may take both the dye's |
| nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NSF or NFD) | | | | manufacturer and the physician to court. |
| especially if it was for an MRA, a procedure that has | | | | You have every right to file a lawsuit if anything has |
| yet to be approved, instead of an MRI. | | | | gone wrong after you have an injection of MRI dye. |
| MRI dye side effects to look for include hardened skin, | | | | See your state's laws for time limits. In choosing a |
| stiffness, difficulty of movement, bone pain, muscle | | | | lawyer, you should find at least two or three ideal |
| weakness, discolored skin spots, skin lesions, burning, | | | | candidates to represent you and interview them to |
| itching, yellow spots on the eyes, and possible | | | | see who will give you the best chance of winning full |
| hypertension. If you have a severe case of MRI dye | | | | compensation. The more relevant evidence you are |
| symptoms, it is possible that you are unable to walk | | | | able to present, the less time it may take to bring your |
| and must use a wheelchair. NSF and NFD are | | | | case to closure. |
| extremely rare, with only several hundred cases of | | | | Do not hesitate to take legal actions as soon as |
| them worldwide, and almost entirely preventable | | | | possible. Your future and that of your loved ones may |
| diseases. | | | | depend on it. |
| Therefore, due to recently applied FDA regulations, it is | | | | |