This particular message about being caution with self medication of iodine is from Thailand, but the same need to use caution in this type of thing applies to everyone.
It seems that many people, in cluding many as far away as British Coloumbia in Canada are very fearful of radiation poisoning -- and justly so -- but still don't get carried away and make decicisions about whether to treat yourself with iodine before discussing this with your family physician or other health care provider.
There also a very good feature on the dangers of self medication with iodine in the Vancouver Sun on Saturday, March 109, 2011 in feature by Susan Lazaruk, Post Media News. Click on www.vancouversun.com/news/residents. The feature is titled "B.C. Residents Make Run on Anti-Radiation Pills."
This particular message about being caution with self medication of iodine is from Thailand, but the same need to use caution in this type of thing applies to everyone.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that many people, in cluding many as far away as British Coloumbia in Canada are very fearful of radiation poisoning -- and justly so -- but still don't get carried away and make decicisions about whether to treat yourself with iodine before discussing this with your family physician or other health care provider.
There also a very good feature on the dangers of self medication with iodine in the Vancouver Sun on Saturday, March 109, 2011 in feature by Susan Lazaruk, Post Media News. Click on www.vancouversun.com/news/residents. The feature is titled "B.C. Residents Make Run on Anti-Radiation Pills."
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