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Contrast medium reactions—does Buscopan reduce them?

G. G. Hartnell ^* and A. P. Hemingway

^* Department of Radiology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW Academic Department of Radiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10

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A number of possible theories have been produced to account for adverse reactions to contrast media, including the theory that cholinergic pathways (Lalli, 1980) or cholinesterase inhibiting activity may be important (Manhire et al, 1984). With the introduction of digital subtraction angiography (DSA) it has been our practice to give the anticholinergic agent Buscopan (hyoscine butylbromide) to all patients in whom DSA images of the abdomen are required, to prevent bowel gas motion artefacts. It appeared to us that patients who received Buscopan experienced far fewer adverse reactions than those who did not.

Received for publication January 1, 1988.