Cystografin® (USP30% or Cystografin®-Dilute USP 18%) is a radiopaque contrast agent for retrograde cystourethrography. Cystografin® is not intended for intravascular injection.

A dye is usually a coloring agent. In medical imaging the term dye refers to radiopaque material used during x-ray examinations to provide or increase contrast in the different tissues and organs. Dye usually refers to intravenous contrast agents.

See also Contrast Agents.

Gastrografin® is a water-soluble iodinated radiopaque contrast agent for x-ray examinations of the esophagus, stomach, proximal small intestine, colon and is also used for bowel visualization in abdominal computer tomograms.
The high opacification and delineation after oral or rectal administration is caused by a low absorption of the intact gastrointestinal tract. However, visualization of the distal small bowel is generally unsatisfactory, since the hypertonicity of the medium causes intraluminal diffusion of water with subsequent dilution.

Hypaque 76 is a radiopaque contrast agent supplied as a 76 percent sterile aqueous solution providing 66 percent (w/v) diatrizoate meglumine and 10 percent (w/v) diatrizoate sodium.

GE Healthcare has discontinued Hypaque 76 for unknown reasons.

Reno-30® is a radiopaque contrast agent indicated for retrograde or ascending pyelography. Retrograde pyelography does not include systemic administration of contrast media, so the risk of adverse reactions is extremely rare.