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A DaTscan is a nuclear medicine imaging procedure. An x-ray produces images using radiation outside your body to create images of dense interior structures. Nuclear medicine procedures capture images of radiation that comes from inside your body. This is to show how a body system is functioning. To do this, nuclear medicine uses substances with low levels of radioactivity—in this case Ioflupane I 123—to trace the activity of a functional element in the body—in this case, DAT.
My husband's symptoms were classic Parkinson's, so no need for the DaT scan. His response to carbidopa-levodopa confirmed it.
Has a DaTscan changed your diagnosis or treatment?
Many people with Parkinson's have had DaTscans done, and it can be helpful in supporting a diagnosis, though it's not definitive on its own. The scan visualizes dopamine-producing cells in your brain, which can help your neurologist differentiate Parkinson's from Show Full Answer
My MDS says that while the DAT scan is pretty accurate, office evaluation is just as accurate....a lot of insurance companies will not approve DAT SCAN for that reason...
I was given a low dose of C/L and it confirmed his prognosis.
@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member they gave me medicine at 8 then gave me the iv at 11am.
I had the scan at 2pm.
Long day.
I haven't. I would have liked to.
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