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Technetium Tc-99m Medronate Kit: uses, dosing, side effects & brands

Technetium Tc-99m Medronate Kit is a medicine sold in the U.S. under 3 brand and generic names. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.

By the pharmaranks editorial teamReviewed against the FDA (openFDA label, NDC Directory & Enforcement) sourcesUpdated Jul 24, 2026How we research

Key facts

Available as
Injectable
Sold as
3 products — Amerscan Mdp Kit, Cis-Mdp and Technetium Tc 99m Mpi Mdp
Prescription?
Prescription only
Generic available?
Not in our catalog

How technetium tc-99m medronate kit is dosed

From the FDA label for Cis-Mdp (application NDA018124). Other technetium tc-99m medronate kit products — different forms, different strengths — are dosed differently. Follow the label for the one you were prescribed.

DOSAGES AND ADMINISTRATION: Shielding should be utilized when preparing Technetium Tc 99m Medronate Injection. After preparation with oxidant-free Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m Injection, the suggested dose range of Technetium Tc 99m Medronate Injection in the average ADULT patient (70 kg.) is: 370-740 megabecquerels: (10-20 millicuries) given intravenously. Imaging is optimal at 1 to 4 hours post Injection. Parenteral drug products should be inspected visually for particulate matter and discoloration prior to administration whenever solution and container permit. The patient dose should be measured by a suitable radioactivity calibration system immediately prior to administration. Radiation Dosimetry The effective half-life was assumed to be the physical half-life for all calculated values. The estimated radiation absorbed doses to an average ADULT patient (70 kg) from an intravenous injection of a maximum of 740 megabecquerels (20 millicuries) of Technetium Tc 99m Medronate Injection are shown in Table 4. TABLE 4 Estimated Absorbed Radiation Dose 2 Technetium Tc 99m Medronate Organ (MGy/740 MBq) (Rads / 20 mCi) Total Body 1.3 0.13 Bone Total 7.0 0.70 Red Marrow 5.6 0.56 Kidneys 8.0 0.80 Liver 0.6 0.06 Bladder Wall 2 hour void 26 2.60 4.8 hour void 62 6.20 Ovaries 2 hour void 2.4 0.24 4.8 hour void 3.4 0.34 Testes 2 hour void 1.6 0.16 4.8 hour void 2.2 0.22 2 Method of…

Technetium Tc-99m Medronate Kit side effects

Several adverse reactions due to Technetium Tc 99m Medronate Injection have been reported. These were usually hypersensitivity reactions characterized by itching, various skin rashes, hypotension, chills, nausea, and vomiting. There have also been rare cases of dizziness and asthenia associated with the use of Technetium Tc 99m Medronate.

Who shouldn’t take technetium tc-99m medronate kit

None known.

Every technetium tc-99m medronate kit product we track (3)

Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.

Technetium Tc-99m Medronate Kit products
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Amerscan Mdp Kit
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Cis-Mdp
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Technetium Tc 99m Mpi Mdp
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What people report to the FDA about technetium tc-99m medronate kit

The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 36 reports naming technetium tc-99m medronate kit, and the FDA flagged 8% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:

  • radioisotope uptake increased11 reports
  • urticaria4 reports
  • rash3 reports
  • erythema2 reports
  • eye haemorrhage2 reports
  • feeling hot2 reports
  • hypersensitivity2 reports
  • pruritus2 reports

Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean technetium tc-99m medronate kit caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.

Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved August 26, 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

What is technetium tc-99m medronate kit?

Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m Medronate is a multidose reaction vial which contains the sterile, non-pyrogenic, non-radioactive ingredients necessary to produce Technetium Tc 99m Medronate Injection for diagnostic use by Intravenous injection. Each 10mL multidose vial contains: Medronic acid: 20 mg Ascorbic acid: 1 mg Stannous fluoride, SnF 2 : 0.13 mg (minimum) Total tin (maximum, as stannous fluoride, SnF 2 ): 0.38 mg The pH is adjusted to 6.5 (6.3 to 6.7) with sodium hydroxide and/or hydrochloric acid prior to lyophilization. No bacteriostatic preservative is present in the vial. The contents of the vial are lyophilized and sealed under nitrogen at the time of manufacture.

Can you take technetium tc-99m medronate kit with other medicines?

It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run technetium tc-99m medronate kit against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.

What brand names is technetium tc-99m medronate kit sold under?

We track 3 technetium tc-99m medronate kit-containing products in the U.S.: Amerscan Mdp Kit, Cis-Mdp and Technetium Tc 99m Mpi Mdp. They are the same active ingredient; they differ in form, manufacturer, price and FDA recall record.

What forms does technetium tc-99m medronate kit come in?

Across the brands we track, technetium tc-99m medronate kit is currently marketed as injectable, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.

Is there a generic technetium tc-99m medronate kit?

We do not currently list a generic-labelled technetium tc-99m medronate kit product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.

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Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.

Read the full FDA label for technetium tc-99m medronate kit on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.