Potassium Iodide
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Scientific Name
Potassium Iodide
Description of the Drug
Potassium Iodide is an oral antithyroid agent used for the prevention of radioactive iodine uptake into the thyroid gland during a nuclear radiation emergency.
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Brand Name(s)
Iosat, Jodetten depot, Kaliumjodid, Potassium iodide, Pot iodide ammoniat, Thyro-block, Thyrosafe, Thyroshield
Company Owner(s)
Arco Pharmaceuticals Llc, Mission Pharmacal Co, Roxane Laboratories Inc, Meda Pharmaceuticals, Btg International Inc, Anbex Inc
Mechanism(s) Of Action
Not Available
Clinical Trial(s)
Unichem Links
| SureChEMBL | SCHEMBL1243 | |||
| PharmGKB | PA451060 | |||
| Human Metabolome Database | HMDB0303550 | |||
| DrugBank | DB06715 | |||
| PubChem: Thomson Pharma | 15171100 | |||
| PubChem | 4875 | |||
| Nikkaji | J43.931B | |||
| EPA CompTox Dashboard | DTXSID7034836 | |||
| Brenda | 1979 | 22478 | ||
| ChemicalBook | CB3125298 | |||
| rxnorm | POTASSIUM IODIDE | IOSAT | THYROSHIELD | THYROSAFE |
| KEGG Ligand | C08219 | |||
| ChEBI | 8346 |
