Pot. iodide to be avail in NH/MA soon

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Read today in Boston Globe: state of NH planning to make potassium iodide avail over the counter by the fall due to Seabrook nuclear power plant; MA expected to follow suit. Kind of low on my list but probably worth having on hand.

-- judy (wednesdayschild@hotmail.com), June 06, 1999

Answers

what is potassium iodide used for

-- wondering (wondering@jut.com), June 06, 1999.

To protect your thyroid gland from fallout.

-- Brooks (brooksbie@hotmail.com), June 06, 1999.

uh? Make available over the counter? KI is not a drug, it is not regulated and to my knowledge has always been available without a Rx. It's only hazard is to people that are allergic to iodine. Though you'ld swear by it's taste that it must be toxic! ;)

If you want more info on KI read this thread http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=000puv and the thread mentioned at the end of that thread.

-- Ken Seger (kenseger@earthlink.net), June 06, 1999.


wait a minuet,NH is recommending people get FALLOUT medicine?how do you put positive spin on that?now before I Andy-out and start freaking,where do I go to verify this?

-- zoobie (zoobiezoob@yahoo.com), June 07, 1999.

Nobody said that NH is recommending it, they're just making it available.

Ken, correct me if I'm wrong, but even though it isn't a drug, you can't walk into your neighborhood pharmacy and buy it, as there's not enough demand to make it worthwhile to carry it.

-- Ned (entaylor@cloudnet.com), June 07, 1999.



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