My mom is going for a bone scan where they inject dye into the vein, but now they want to do 2 dye scans in one day so the minister doesn't have to help her out with a hotel to spend the night - should she be getting 2 scans in one day or not?

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IV contrast can have negative effects on someone with insufficient kidney function. If she is concerned she needs to speak with her doctor or with the Radiologist/radiology tech. Performing the scans. Here is a site I found that gives pretty good information regarding CT and MRI and other types of imaging.

http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=safety-contrast

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