It is classified as a water-soluble, nephrotrophic, low osmolarX-ray contrast medium.[2] Low osmolar non-ionic agents are better tolerated and less likely to cause side effects than the high osmolar ionic agents.[2]
The substance is not metabolized in the human body but excreted in unchanged form. It is decomposed slowly and can therefore accumulate in the environment.[4]
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Legal status
Iomeprol was approved for medical use in the United States in November 2024.[1][5]
^ abcRossiter D (2014). South African medicines formulary (11th ed.). Rondebosch, South Africa: Health and Medical Pub. Group .of the South African Medical Association. ISBN978-1-875098-30-9. OCLC869772940.
^Pfundstein P, Martin C, Schulz W, Seitz W, Ruth KM, Wille A, et al. (January 2015). "IC-ICP/MS-Analytik". GIT Labor-Fachzeitschrift (in German): 29–31.