Muga Scan

[cammfam4]

I am now on Tagrisso for my stage 4 Lung Cancer and the side effects are much better than Tarceva but the Dr. makes me take a Muga scan every three months to make sure the Tagrisso is not damaging my heart..

Does anyone else have to to these scans? Last time I did one I got really sick afterwards, stomach ache and diarrhea. Not sure if I didn't drink enough water or what?? I’m thinking its the radioactive contrast they put in my body. Between the CT scans and MRIs I have so much contrast in me and now radioactive contrast??

[qawwali101]

MUGA scan is used to determine the pumping action of heart ,the so called "ejection fraction" which can be affected by Tagresso, however an Echocardogram which is a noninvasive method and would not cause any side effects like stomach ache and diarrhea could also be used instead .