Radiotherapeutics

Strontium-89

Products Strontium-89 was commercially available as an injectable (Metastron). It is no longer available. Structure and properties The strontium isotope strontium-89 is present in drugs as strontium chloride. Effects Strontium-89 (ATC V10BX01) has analgesic properties. It behaves similarly to calcium in the body and is predominantly accumulated in active bone tissue. It is a beta … Strontium-89

Radium-223

Products Radium-223 is commercially available as a solution for injection (Xofigo). It was approved in many countries in 2014 and in the United States and EU as early as 2013. Structure and properties Radium-223 is present in the drug as radium-223 dichloride (223RaCl2, Mr = 293.9 g/mol). It decays via a six-step process to lead-207 … Radium-223