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FDA Approved brands of Potassium Iodide

Only three brands of potassium iodide (KI) have been approved by the FDA for radiation exposure -IOSAT, ThyroShield and Thyrosafe. Any other brands sold for radiation exposure are not tested and approved by the FDA and are in violation of The 1997 Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act that states: "No person shall introduce or deliver for introduction into interstate commerce any new drug, unless an approval filed pursuant to subsection (b) or (j) of this section is effective with respect to said drug".

How much Potassium Iodide should you stock?

     One pack of IOSAT™ Potassium Iodide (14 tablets) or one bottle ofThyroShield™ Potassium Iodide (liquid) is the FDA recommendation for person.Consider one pack of IOSAT™ or bottle of ThyroShield™ per adult or child for each storage location.

     Potassium iodide should be taken each day you are exposed to radioactive iodine released from a nuclear reactor accident or plant or detonation of a nuclear weapon. Most likely you would not use up all doses of IOSAT™ or ThyroShield™ in a single radiation emergency. In all probability, the winds that brought the radioactive iodine plume into your area would have carried much of the airborne radiation away by then and you would have hopefully evacuated the affected area if directed to do so by health officials. You just don't know how long you would be exposed to I-131 in advance.

     For instance, if an adult is exposed to radioactive iodine (I-131) for two days he or she would take two IOSAT™ pills (one pill a day) and then stop, saving the remaining foil-sealed pills for future needs. However, if exposed for 14 days, an adult would take a pill a day using all 14 IOSAT™ tablets. (Potassium Iodide is not like an antibiotic in which one is required to complete the full regimen prescribed).

What is potassium iodide?

     Stockpiling of potassium iodide (KI) is highly recommended by health officials worldwide to prevent thyroid cancer of those exposed to radioactive iodine. Radioactive iodine is the predominant radioisotope released from a nuclear reactor accident or detonation of a nuclear weapon (due to nuclear fission) and can travel thousands of miles downwind.

Today there are 103 nuclear reactors in the United States.