nuclear pharmacy

1. Nuclear
Pharmacy

2. Nuclear
pharmacy
or
Radiophar
macy
 Nuclear pharmacy, also
known as radiopharmacy,
involves preparation of
radioactive materials for
patient administration that
will be used to diagnose and
treat specific diseases in
nuclear medicine.
 Nuclear pharmacy seeks to
improve and promote health
through the safe and
effective use of radioactive
drugs for not only diagnosis
but also for therapeutic
purposes.

3. Radioisotope
or
Radionuclide
 Radioisotopes are
radioactive isotopes of an
element.
 Radioisotopes are atoms
that contain an unstable
combination of neutrons
and protons, or excess
energy in their nucleus.
 All isotopes are not
radioisotopes.

4. What is
Radiopharmaceuticals?
 A radiopharmaceutical is a
radioactive compound used for
the diagnosis and therapeutic
treatment of human diseases.
 A radiopharmaceutical has two
components:
 a radionuclide or radioisotope
 and a pharmaceutical.

5. COMPOSITION
of
Radiopharmac
eutical
A radioactive isotope or nuclide that can
be injected safely into the body
+
A carrier molecule which delivers the
isotope to the area to be treated or
examined.

6. Uses of
Radiopharm
aceuticals
 Therapeutic (5%)
 Diagnostic (95%)

7.  Positron Emission
Tomography (PET)
 Bone Density Scan - Dual-
energy X-ray Absorptiometry
(DEXA Scan)
 Computed Tomography (CT)
 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(MRI)
 The single photon emission
computed tomography
(SPECT)

8.  When radiosurgery is used
to treat body tumours, the
procedure is known as
stereotactic body
radiotherapy (SBRT)

9. Radiopharmacology
 Radiopharmacology is the study
of the preparation of
radiopharmaceuticals
(radioactive drugs used for
diagnosis and therapy) in tracer
quantities with no
pharmacological effect and or
biological effects in living
organisms or tissues.