Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant. You will need to talk about the benefits and risks of using Dimetapp while you are pregnant. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding. You will need to talk about any risks to your baby. How is this medicine (Dimetapp) best taken? Use this medicine as ordered by your doctor.
Implanting permanent radioactive seeds in the prostate is a method of treating cancer. The procedure allows a concentrated dose of radiation to be delivered directly to the prostate cancer, limiting damage to other tissue.
Suggested Revisions to Existing Iodine-125 and Palladium-103 Seed Localization Programs to Conform to this Licensing Guidance; Procedures; Records; Reports; Purpose. The purpose of radioactive seed localization (RSL) of non-palpable lesions 1 is to localize suspicious tissues for excision with the use of radioactive seeds. RSL differs from current localization procedures, whereby a non-radioactive wire is implanted into the lesion site and excised along with the affected tissue.