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Iodine
Essential medicine status
General description

ATC codes
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
First added in 1989 (TRS 796) for Iodine deficiency
Changed in 2021 (TRS 1035) for Povidone iodine
Therapeutic equivalent for
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Vitamins and minerals
  • Parenteral > General injections > IM: 0.5 mL (240 mg iodine) iodized oil in ampoule; 1 mL (480 mg iodine) iodized oil in ampoule
  • Oral > Liquid: 1 mL (480 mg iodine) iodized oil in ampoule; 0.5 mL (240 mg iodine) iodized oil in ampoule; 0.57 mL (308 mg iodine) iodized oil in dispenser bottle
  • Oral > Solid: 190 mg