Pharmacist Ben - I heard you on Alex Jones today, March 8/11, talking about dosages. You partly got it right about comparing daily dose of 130 miCROgrams versus emergency dose of 130 miLLIgrams, but there is a factor you left out. The ratio is not 1,000 to 1.
The daily dose drops give the weight of IODINE ONLY, say 130 mCg.
But if a tablet of KI or KIO3 weighs 130 miLLIgrams, part of that weight is NOT iodine, it's either potassium, or potassium with three atoms of oxygen.
You would have to calculate the percentage of the weight of iodine versus other atoms based on the atomic weights of iodine, potassium and oxygen.
I haven't done that, but the actual ratio would be more like a few hundred to 1, not 1,000 to 1.
Pharmacist Ben - I heard you on Alex Jones today, March 8/11, talking about dosages. You partly got it right about comparing daily dose of 130 miCROgrams versus emergency dose of 130 miLLIgrams, but there is a factor you left out. The ratio is not 1,000 to 1.
ReplyDeleteThe daily dose drops give the weight of IODINE ONLY, say 130 mCg.
But if a tablet of KI or KIO3 weighs 130 miLLIgrams, part of that weight is NOT iodine, it's either potassium, or potassium with three atoms of oxygen.
You would have to calculate the percentage of the weight of iodine versus other atoms based on the atomic weights of iodine, potassium and oxygen.
I haven't done that, but the actual ratio would be more like a few hundred to 1, not 1,000 to 1.
Eleanor White