Optison
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- Prescription status not stated
- Everything that fits nowhere else, such as contrast media
- Active substance
- Perflutren
- Made by
- GE Healthcare AS
- Source
- Official label
Quoted from the official source. Not yet reviewed by Mediclarum — the leaflet in your pack is authoritative.
What it is for
- This medicinal product is for diagnostic use only. Optison is a transpulmonary echocardiographic contrast agent for use in patients with suspected or established cardiovascular disease to provide opacification of cardiac chambers, enhance left-ventricular-endocardial-border delineation with resulting improvement in wall-motion visualisation. Optison should only be used in patients where the study without contrast enhancement is inconclusive.
From the official label · 2026-09-30 · European Medicines Agency
Same active substance, strength and form in other countries
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CanadaNo exact match for this strength and form
NetherlandsNo exact match for this strength and form
Details
| Made by | GE Healthcare AS |
|---|---|
| Active substance | Perflutren |
| Used in | Everything that fits nowhere else, such as contrast media |
| Classification | V08DA01 · Everything that fits nowhere else, such as contrast media |
| Authorised on | 1998-05-17 |
| Last updated by the regulator | 2026-05-29 |
| EMA product number | EMEA/H/C/000166 |
Source: European Medicines Agency — medicine data · 2026-09-30 · not reviewed by a clinician
Source: European Medicines Agency (EMA). Product information as published by EMA. Reuse terms: EMA legal notice (reproduction authorised).
Same active substance
These contain the same substance. That does not mean one can replace another — ask a pharmacist.