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Iohexol
Essential medicine status
Section:
14. Diagnostic agents 14.2. Diagnostic agents > Radiocontrast media
ATC codes: V08AB02
Indication
X-ray contrast media, iodinated ICD11 code: XM2S71
INN
Iohexol
Medicine type
Diagnostic agent
List type
Core
Formulations
Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 140 to 350 mg iodine per mL in 5 mL ampoule ; 140 to 350 mg iodine per mL in 10 mL ampoule ; 140 to 350 mg iodine per mL in 20 mL ampoule
EML status history
First added in 1984 (TRS 722)
Changed in 1987 (TRS 770)
Removed in 1989 (TRS 796)
Added in 1999 (TRS 895)
Changed in 2021 (TRS 1035)
Sex
All
Age
Adolescents and adults
Therapeutic alternatives
Medicines within the same pharmacological class can be used
Therapeutic alternatives limitations
Therapeutic alternatives to be reviewed (2023)
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
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Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
Following the review of square box listings on the EML and EMLc, the Expert Committee recommended the therapeutic alternatives for iohexol be reviewed.