Hida scan safe if you have pancreatitis?

Yes: Hida scan is a method to look at the ability of the liver to excrete a radioactive dye - a nuclear medicine study. It may tell if there is blockage of bile coming out of the liver or if the gallbladder is not working. Since it does not involve instrumentation of the pancreas, it does not worsen pancreatitis. It does have limitations, cannot be used if the bilirubin is elevated and not specific.

Safe: No problem with pancreatiits. It is used all the time with patients with pancreatiteis as well as many other medical problems. The radioisotope decays and does not affect function of pancreas or liver, it only mimics function of biliary system to see if contributing cause of pancreatitis.