1. Purpose In December 2001 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new recommendations for the administration of potassium iodide...

Purpose Graves disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in children. Inorganic iodide has been used in combination with...

Radioactive iodine treatment is a type of internal radiotherapy. It uses a radioactive form of iodine called iodine 131 (I-131). It is a...

Potassium iodide and iodine are often confused with each other or used interchangeably because of a similar component: iodine. Iodine is...

What is KI? Potassium iodide (KI) is the same form of iodine used to iodize table salt. KI floods the thyroid with iodine, thus...