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What the FDA labels say about taking them together

Pentetic acid and tetrakis copper tetrafluoroborate

Pentetic acid's FDA label of May 8, 2023 names tetrakis copper tetrafluoroborate in its warnings and precautions section; the tetrakis copper tetrafluoroborate label PlainMeds reads does not name pentetic acid. The pentetic acid label: “Radiation exposure risk: Technetium Tc 99m pentetate contributes to a patient’s overall long-term radiation exposure.”

Check it at the source: the pentetic acid FDA label on DailyMed (effective May 8, 2023); the tetrakis copper tetrafluoroborate FDA label on DailyMed (effective September 10, 2026).

What does the pentetic acid label say about tetrakis copper tetrafluoroborate?

Pentetic acid label, warnings and precautions

Radiation exposure risk: Technetium Tc 99m pentetate contributes to a patient’s overall long-term radiation exposure ( 2.1 , 2.3 , 5.3 ).

Source: FDA drug label (DRAXIMAGE DTPA), Jubilant DraxImage Inc., dba Jubilant Radiopharma, effective May 8, 2023 (SPL set becdab53-f7a7-7280-6930-21f3a61b99e7), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

What does the tetrakis copper tetrafluoroborate label say about pentetic acid?

Tetrakis copper tetrafluoroborate's label (effective September 10, 2026) does not name pentetic acid in these sections. A label lists what its studies and reports found; it is not a complete list.

Source: FDA drug label (Cardiolite), SHINE SPECT USA, LLC, effective September 10, 2026 (SPL set 773b6729-2a74-49e7-9215-ca70da3b854c), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

These are the labels' own sentences. PlainMeds does not grade interactions; a pharmacist or prescriber can say what they mean for one person's medicines.

Both medicines on the record

1Pentetic acid generic labelers
1Tetrakis copper tetrafluoroborate generic labelers
Pentetic acidTetrakis copper tetrafluoroborate
Labeled forn/an/a
Boxed warningNoNo
Pharmacy cost (NADAC)n/an/a
Shortage nowNo current entryNo current entry

Source: FDA NDC Directory, CMS NADAC of October 7, 2026 and the FDA Drug Shortage Database (FDA files October 8, 2026)

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