Sodium Iodide

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Contents 1 Indications 2 Mechanism-of-action 3 More General Terms 4 Internet Database 5 References

Indications

• prevention of iodine deficiency
• thyrotoxicosis

Mechanism-of-action

• uptake by the thyroid gland
• prevents uptake of [131]I ( radioactive iodine)

More General Terms

• salt
• metabolic agent (metabolic modifier)

Internet Database

PubChem: 5238
PubChem: 24353
PubChem: 3081095
PubChem: 71382
PubChem: 71368

References

1. Drugs.dom [1]

sodium iodide (Iodopen, NaI)