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A doctor or other trained health professional will give you this medicine. This medicine is given through a needle placed in one of your veins just before you have a PET scan.
Drink enough water to be hydrated before the PET scan.
Drink and urinate as often as possible during the first hours after the scan. This will help remove this radioactive medicine from your body.
Portions of this document last updated: Feb. 01, 2024
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