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What is Lugol's Iodine?

Lugol's iodine solution is often used as an antiseptic and disinfectant, for emergency disinfection of drinking water, and as a reagent for starch detection in routine laboratory and medical tests. It has been used more rarely to replenish iodine deficiency.

Reasons used & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons used # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
adrenals 1 0
Other 1 1
Thyroid Problem 1 0
Slow my MS progress 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 100%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
0 0%

Most commonly reported side effects

High blood pressure (Hypertension)
1 100%
pounding pulse
1 100%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Schedules

  4other as needed 1 daily 1 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Lugol's Iodine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
1
1
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
1 100%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 100%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 100%

Report created on November 22, 2009.