Technetium Tc-99m Sulfur Colloid: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Technetium Tc-99m Sulfur Colloid is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Solution
- Sold as
- Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
Every technetium tc-99m sulfur colloid product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid.
Technetium Tc-99m Sulfur Colloid recalls
From the FDA Enforcement database. A recall covers specific lots — not the drug as a whole.
What people report to the FDA about technetium tc-99m sulfur colloid
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 52 reports naming technetium tc-99m sulfur colloid, and the FDA flagged 31% 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 scan abnormal10 reports
- urticaria8 reports
- erythema5 reports
- nausea5 reports
- vomiting5 reports
- procedural complication4 reports
- pruritus3 reports
- rash3 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean technetium tc-99m sulfur colloid 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 July 26, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take technetium tc-99m sulfur colloid 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 sulfur colloid against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does technetium tc-99m sulfur colloid come in?
Across the brands we track, technetium tc-99m sulfur colloid is currently marketed as solution, 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 sulfur colloid?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled technetium tc-99m sulfur colloid 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.
Has technetium tc-99m sulfur colloid been recalled?
The FDA's Enforcement database lists 1 recall record whose product description mentions technetium tc-99m sulfur colloid. The most recent: Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid Injection (Nov 22, 2024). A recall applies to specific lots, not to the drug as a whole — check the record for the affected lot numbers.
Cite this page
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- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Technetium Tc-99m Sulfur Colloid: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/technetium-tc-99m-sulfur-colloid
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- “Technetium Tc-99m Sulfur Colloid: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/technetium-tc-99m-sulfur-colloid.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
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 sulfur colloid on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.