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2. Lugol's iodine - Wikipedia

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   Lugol's iodine is a liquid made up of two parts potassium iodide for every one part elemental iodine in water. [8] Lugol's iodine was first made in 1829 by the French physician Jean Lugol. [7] [8] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [9] [10] Lugol's iodine is available as a generic medication and over the ...

3. Melzer's reagent - Wikipedia

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   Melzer's reagent is an aqueous solution of chloral hydrate, potassium iodide, and iodine.Depending on the formulation, it consists of approximately 2.50-3.75% potassium iodide and 0.75–1.25% iodine, with the remainder of the solution being 50% water and 50% chloral hydrate.

4. Potassium iodide - Wikipedia

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   [17] [16] Potassium iodide can be administered as tablets or as Lugol's iodine solution. [16] The same dosage is recommended by the US Food and Drug Administration. [18] A single daily dose is typically sufficient for 24-hour protection. [16] However, in cases of prolonged or repeated exposure, health authorities may recommend multiple daily ...

5. Tincture of iodine - Wikipedia

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   Purified water is 50 mL and the balance is alcohol. This 7% tincture solution is about 3.5 times more concentrated than USP 2% tincture. [citation needed] As in the case of Lugol's iodine, the role of iodide in the solution is to increase the solubility of the elemental iodine, by turning it to the soluble triiodide anion I 3 −. However ...

6. Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol - Wikipedia

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   Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol. Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol (18 August 1786 – 16 September 1851) was a French physician. Lugol was born in Montauban. He studied medicine in Paris and graduated with a medical degree in 1812. In 1819, he was appointed acting physician at the Hôpital Saint-Louis, a post he held until he retired.

7. Iodine (medical use) - Wikipedia

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   Iodine is a chemical element with many uses in medicine, depending on the form. Elemental iodine and iodophors are topical antiseptics. [2] Iodine, in non-elemental form, functions as an essential nutrient in human biology (see iodine in biology). [3] Organic compounds containing iodine are also useful iodinated contrast agents in X-ray imaging ...