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Scopolamine Patch and MRI ??????

Just a quick question, I had no clue were to post this! I have exhausted all of my doctors and pharmacy numbers and have gotten no answer. Thought maybe we had an MRI tech lurking out there.

I use the Scopolamine patch (behind the ear as directed) every 72 hours for vertigo like symptoms. Tonight is my night to change it, I get very dizzy and physically sick if I dont. Tomorrow I have an MRI w/wo contrast to investigate asymetric hearing loss and rule out an acoustic neuroma. These little patches seem to be made out of a shiny, metallic, nonporous like paper with a flesh colored vinyl cover. Will this mess with the MRI??????? I cant afford to waste any medication. If I use it tonight and need to take it off in the morning I will be short 2 days of meds, if I dont use a new one tonight I will be spinning all the way through this MRI and afterwards till it kicks in again.

I called the doctors office and they dont know, I also called 3 MRI locations and they are closed. The pharmacy says just take the new one off and use another afterwards of course. They are not reuseable as far as I know, it says not to tape them back on.

Any suggestion would be appreciated,
Michelle

Here are the constituents of the patch:

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Scopolamine is a viscous liquid that has a molecular weight of 303.35 and a pKa of 7.55-7.81. The Transderm Scop system is a film 0.2 mm thick and 2.5 cm 2 , with four layers. Proceeding from the visible surface towards the surface attached to the skin, these layers are: (1) a backing layer of tan-colored, aluminized, polyester film; (2) a drug reservoir of scopolamine, light mineral oil, and polyisobutylene; (3) a microporous polypropylene membrane that controls the rate of delivery of scopolamine from the system to the skin surface; and (4) an adhesive formulation of mineral oil, polyisobutylene, and scopolamine. A protective peel strip of siliconized polyester, which covers the adhesive layer, is removed before the system is used. The inactive components, light mineral oil (12.4 mg) and polyisobutylene (11.4 mg), are not released from the system.

Most accessories used in MRIs are aluminum. I would put the patch on as usual, and take the ingredients to the test, and ask then. Aluminum is non magnetic. But be prepared for a non-answer. They may make you take it off, just as a precaution.

Thanks, they did need me to take it off. They said any patch type medication with aluminum properties can cause burns if left on for the MRI of that area. So hopefully if some searches in the future they will find the answer here!

Thanks,
Michelle