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masterfluffypants
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Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!)
#14149433 - 03/19/11 04:59 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Okay well today we had bought some "potassium iodide" tablets just in case this situation escalates into a nuclear emergency in california. Pretty much every store is sold out but i found one store that still had it. The only problem was that while buying it, I realized that no where on the bottle does it say "potassium iodide". It says "iodine". I confronted the guy who sold it to us and he said that it metabolizes into potassium iodide or some shit like that. That its 'virtually the same thing'. Was this guy bullshitting us? I think so, but I dont know much about this shit. Can anyone help please?
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u found them huh? at what milligram?
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Re: Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!) [Re: rackem]
#14149454 - 03/19/11 05:03 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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it says 150 mcg?
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umm.. im no chemist but i think even for those to be effective in case of exposure your going to have to eat like 100 of those pills
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its the same thing, only yours is labeled horribly wrong.
iodine and iodide when in a ionic molecule (such as potassium iodide) are the same thing. iodide simply denotes that it is an ion rather than an atom.
there is no such thing as "potassium iodine" technically speaking.
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Re: Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!) [Re: Samuel L Jackson]
#14149472 - 03/19/11 05:07 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Okay. It also says on the label that it is Kelp. Im just making sure i have the right shit
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masterfluffypants said: Okay. It also says on the label that it is Kelp. Im just making sure i have the right shit
i have no idea if kelp has potassium iodide in it. 
im not a real big vitamins and supplements guy.
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Re: Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!) [Re: Samuel L Jackson]
#14149503 - 03/19/11 05:12 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Haha well on the supplement facts it says iodine. The problem that i have with it is that it says natural dietary supplement. I thought that it was inorganic, and kelp is organic. And it was only like 5 bucks. I wouldve thought it wouldve been more expensive but ehh idk.
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Okay i found some information about it and found that kelp is in fact better than potassium iodide because rather than help prevent radiation (which isnt even 100% fullproof) it detoxes any radiation absorbed by the thyroid.
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masterfluffypants said: Haha well on the supplement facts it says iodine. The problem that i have with it is that it says natural dietary supplement. I thought that it was inorganic, and kelp is organic. And it was only like 5 bucks. I wouldve thought it wouldve been more expensive but ehh idk. 
well if kelp has potassium iodide in it, that means it has both potassium and iodine in it.
when (most) ionic compounds composed of potassium and another molecule touch water they dissociate into two separate molecules. (potassium, and whatever the anion happens to be)
potassium iodide is inorganic because it doesnt contain carbon. organic compounds contain carbon. your body has plenty of inorganic molecules in it.
sounds like you got the right stuff.
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Re: Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!) [Re: Samuel L Jackson]
#14149556 - 03/19/11 05:21 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah i figured out that it is actually more ideal than the actual potassium iodide tablets. What i got will help to detox any radiation absorbed.
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What makes you think you're gonna absorb enough radiation for it to matter
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Re: Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!) [Re: propensity]
#14149608 - 03/19/11 05:30 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Wait...you're in california. Why would you be getting exposed to radiation in California? Did something happen there too?
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Re: Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!) [Re: propensity]
#14149613 - 03/19/11 05:30 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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yes the kelp is the right thing..
but its the dosage that you should really be concerend about.
i believe that you have to take 140 mgs to fight off the threat of thyroid cancer.
you got the smaller scale.
hope you got alot of them... but please double check my math.
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You got ripped off, methinks. The first time when thinking you'd need them, and the second time when you bought that guy's story.
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Re: Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!) [Re: Le_Canard]
#14149684 - 03/19/11 05:48 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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nah the kelp is definatly the right stuff..
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Re: Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!) [Re: rackem]
#14149699 - 03/19/11 05:51 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah i have alot of them. I'll double check the dosage though. And yes they said that radiation has reached california. Its not deadly levels, but id rather be over prepared than under prepared They say a major earthquake is likely this week.
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Re: Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!) [Re: rackem]
#14150336 - 03/19/11 07:50 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Uhm, there's going to be no radiation emergency on the US west coast.
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Re: Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!) [Re: Le_Canard]
#14150457 - 03/19/11 08:16 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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does this have to do with japan?
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Re: Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!) [Re: JesusGoneRogue]
#14151604 - 03/19/11 11:55 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yes. I've read stores can't keep enough potassium iodide on the shelves over there.
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Re: Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!) [Re: Le_Canard]
#14151634 - 03/20/11 12:01 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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really? the only things i've bought recently from the local Rite Aid were a 32. oz of El Sol and a pack of 27's. am i fucked?
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Re: Potassium Iodide question. (Really Urgent!) [Re: meatcakeman]
#14151692 - 03/20/11 12:14 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Naw! You'll be alright. You'll get some radiation there, but it will be negligible. Certainly nothing that warrants panicking. The cigs you bought will probably do more damage than any radiation from Japan.
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