Thallium Chloride, 199Tl

Thallium chloride, 119Tl is one of the few medications whose use is based on radioactive radiation.

The medicinal substance contains strontium chloride, which enhances the effect of thallium in the human body. Thallium is a dangerous poison, so it must be used very carefully. The drug is used to improve the excretion of bile and to treat urolithiasis, and reduces blood pressure. It should not be taken by pregnant women or nursing mothers. Today there is a decrease in the amount of radioactive drug in the blood of patients by no more than 5%.