Technetium (99mTc) medronic acid

Technetium (^99mTc) medronic acid
Clinical data
Trade names	Mdp-Bracco
License data	US DailyMed: Medronate;
Routes of; administration	Intravenous
ATC code	V09BA02 (WHO) ;
Legal status
Legal status	US: ℞-only;
Identifiers
	IUPAC name Methylenebis(phosphonic acid) technetium (99mTc);
CAS Number	121524-79-6;
PubChem CID	157443;
DrugBank	DB09138 ;
ChemSpider	34995234;
UNII	X89XV46R07;
KEGG	D02029;
ChEBI	CHEBI:32186;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL2110576;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID80230782 ;
Chemical and physical data
Formula	CH6O6P2 • x99mTc
Molar mass	unknown
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Technetium (^99mTc) medronic acid is a pharmaceutical product used in nuclear medicine to localize bone metastases^[1] as well as other diseases that can alter the natural turn-over in the bone by bone scintigraphy.^[2]

^ Uematsu T, Yuen S, Yukisawa S, Aramaki T, Morimoto N, Endo M, et al. (April 2005). "Comparison of FDG PET and SPECT for detection of bone metastases in breast cancer". AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 184 (4): 1266–73. doi:10.2214/ajr.184.4.01841266. PMID 15788608.
^ FDA Label: MDP Multidose Utilipack