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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 2 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Iodine deficiency 1 0
Adrenal insufficiency 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis 1 0
flush toxins from body 1 1 Efficacy_major
Thyroid disorder 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 4 patients currently taking Lugol's Iodine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Lugol's Iodine

Elevated blood pressure 1
Feeling of heart pounding 1
Pounding heartbeat 1

Reported Dosages

  1 mg daily 1 other daily 15 other daily 36 intl units daily 80 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lugol's Iodine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 50%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 25%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Lugol's Iodine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Stopped Taking Lugol's Iodine

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Lugol's Iodine

Always
 2 50%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 25%
Never
 1 25%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Lugol's Iodine

Very
 1 25%
Somewhat
 1 25%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 2 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Lugol's Iodine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 100%

Report created on May 26, 2012.