FLORBETAPIR F-18 IS INDICATED FOR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) IMAGING OF THE BRAIN TO ESTIMATE B-AMYLOID NEURITIC PLAQUE DENSITY IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT WHO ARE BEING EVALUATED FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD) AND OTHER CAUSES OF COGNITIVE DECLINE.
THE RECOMMENDED DOSE FOR AMYVID IS 370 MBQ (10 MCI), MAXIMUM 50 MG MASS DOSE, ADMINISTERED AS A SINGLE INTRAVENOUS BOLUS IN A TOTAL VOLUME OF 10 ML OR LESS. FOLLOW THE INJECTION WITH AN INTRAVENOUS FLUSH OF 0.9% STERILE SODIUM CHLORIDE.