sodium iodide (Iodopen, NaI)

Indications

• prevention of iodine deficiency
• thyrotoxicosis

Mechanism of action

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

More general terms

• salt
• metabolic agent (metabolic modifier)

Component of

• iodine/sodium iodide
• ethanol/iodine/sodium iodide

Components

• Na+
• I- (iodide)

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5238
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=24353
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=3081095
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=71382
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=71368