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MEDICAL INFORMATIONS
INDICATIONS
- Nuclear Radiation Emergency: Helps prevent radioactive iodine from getting into the thyroid gland during a nuclear radiation emergency (Thyroshield®).
FDA APPROVED INDICATION
Safety and effectiveness in children have not been established for saturated solution of potassium iodide (SSKI®).
PRECAUTIONS
- Cardiac: Use with caution in patients with cardiac disease.
- Endocrine and Metabolic:
- May cause overactive thyroid gland, underactive thyroid gland, or enlargement of thyroid gland (goiter). Newborns are more like to experience an underactive thyroid gland.
- Prolonged use can lead to hypothyroidism.
- Use with caution in patients with Addison’s disease or hyperthyroidism
- Newborns are more like to experience an underactive thyroid gland.
- Musculoskeletal:
- Use with caution in patients with myotonia congenita.
- Renal:
- Use with caution in patients with renal function impairment.
- Respiratory:
- Use with caution in patients with tuberculosis or acute bronchitis.
- Immunologic:
ADVERSE EFFECTS
Swelling or tenderness of salivary glands, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach ache, fever, headache, metallic taste, and allergic reactions headache, metallic taste, and allergic reactionsA