How are radiopharmaceuticals administered?

How are radiopharmaceuticals administered?

Hossein Jadvar (Doctor) gives expert video advice on: How are radiopharmaceuticals made?; What are examples of radiopharmaceuticals?; Are there radiation risks of radiopharmaceuticals? and more...

Radiopharmaceuticals are administered from a variety of ways, mostly intravenously. But also they can be administered orally, they can be administered through a puncture into the abdomen, the peritoneal, or what we call the peritoneal cavity. As I said though, the most common route for administration is intravenous.