The main component of the drug Iodinol is not difficult to guess by name. Those whose childhood was in the 60s and 70s of the last century remember this dark blue liquid well, to which a piece of cotton wool was dipped, firmly attached to the handle of an ordinary teaspoon to treat the throat during a sore throat. Today, iodinol (or blue iodine) is in demand less, since many other similar funds have appeared, although there is still no absolute similarity in properties. But most likely it is due to ignorance, how cheap, affordable the drug is universal in application. Unfortunately, he does not always go to the pharmacy. Apparently because it's too cheap.
What is in the composition of Iodinol?
The drug is dispensed without a prescription in bottles of dark glass with a volume of 100 ml, packed in cardboard boxes, where the instruction is also placed. Iodinol is characterized by foaming. Therefore, even if the bottle has not been stirred for a long time, foam marks may appear on the walls of the bottle.
As for the exact composition of Iodinol, it includes:
- crystalline iodine - 0.1 g;
- potassium iodide - 0.3 g;
- polyvinyl alcohol - 0.9 g;
- purified water - up to 100 ml.
Keep Iodinol in a cool, dark place, like all medicines. The shelf life is limited to 1.5 years, although experts say that it is fully suitable for use up to 3 years, until a precipitate appears. If, for some reason, it was subjected to freezing, then further use for medicinal purposes does not make sense. Most often, Iodinol is used for external treatment of skin and locally, but also for internal use is quite suitable, since in certain doses is not toxic.
Instructions for use of Iodinol
For external use, Iodinol in the original composition, according to the instructions, is used as a wash solution or bandages for the treatment of wounds, abrasions, burns and skin diseases.
Local application has many indications:
- stomatitis;
- gingivitis ;
- rhinitis;
- tonsillitis;
- dysentery;
- thrush;
- candidiasis;
- Trophic and ulcers caused by varicose veins;
- purulent otitis media ;
- a runny nose with purulent discharge;
- some eye diseases.
And the number of procedures is limited to only 4-5, which it is better to spend every other day. In tonsillitis, for example, you can both lubricate and gargle with iodine solution at a rate of 1 tbsp per 250 ml of warm boiled water.
Inside is prescribed for atherosclerosis, both in treatment and for prevention.
Effective in fighting tertiary syphilis.
Contraindications are not many:
- intolerance to iodine and ethyl alcohol;
- children under 5 years;
- pregnancy and lactation.
It's amazing that the treatment of the breast of a nursing mother with Iodinol has no contraindications. Iodine, zelenka, and even honey can cause allergies, but Iodinol - no.