Potassium iodide can help protect your thyroid from radioactive iodine. It’s useful during a nuclear radiation emergency. Learn more about the medication.

Potassium iodide can protect your thyroid gland in the event of exposure to nuclear radiation. It’s important to take it in the correct dose and only when health officials recommend doing so.

Potassium iodide (KI) is a type of iodine a person may receive during a radiation emergency. It works by preventing the thyroid from absorbing a type of radioactive material.

Potassium iodide is not recommended until radiation levels are in the 50-rad region, he said. “It’s not going to be anywhere near that in the United States.

Americans are panic-buying potassium iodide tablets over fears of a possible nuclear war with Russia, despite warnings from CDC that taking too many of the anti-radiation pills can be deadly.

On eBay, four boxes of Thyrosafe potassium iodide tablets were listed for $132.50 on Monday. Another listing for a box of IOSAT 130 mg pills was selling for $89.95 each.

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