During the latest dirty bomb scare, I recall reading about pills one could take for raidation exposure. I believe they were potassium something, but i'm not sure. Anybody heard of these? Thanks for the help.

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Potassium iodide if I got it right.

Lee

You asked something like this a couple of weeks ago. Did you get the answer you wanted from that thread?
If not you might like to ask some more specific questions about it.

Would you purchase auto insurance that only covers your ashtray in case of collision? Longterm protection of your thyroid is hardly reassuring if the rest of your body is exposed to radiation. There are several products out there in the survival community such as colloidal silver with similar dubious applications or efficacy compared to other products or real world practicality.

Colloidal silver is not just dubious, it is downright dumb...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyria

**EDIT**
Cool picture here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2297471.stm

Thanks for the straightening out! I'll do more research next time... <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Gaa. It looks photoshopped. If it wasn't on the BBC's site, I'd swear it was photoshopped. That's awful.

Dark ages? We live in the freakin' dark ages. I sincerely hope there's a time coming when we look just backwards as all get out.

Stories about nanotech and gene therapy in the same newspaper as horoscopes and homeopathic therapies. Could someone please wake me up when the term "horoscope" falls out of daily use. kthx.

ianjbs,

Apart from Potassium Iodide (KI) to keep the thyroid gland from absorbing radioactive iodine which may prevent thyroid cancer from developing in the futre, treating radiation exposure may include IV fluids for hydration; standard burn skin care; wounds gently washed to prevent internal contamination; emergency management of nausea and vomiting with antiemetics (antinausea medicine); management of pain with morphine or acetaminophen (aspirin will interfere with blood clotting and make bleeding worse); antibiotics (recommended only if an infection takes hold); blood transfusions; blood-cell growth stimulants if necessary for patients whose bone marrow is affected, which are most effective when given soon after exposure; bone-marrow transplantation, but it remains a controversial treatment; probiotics, which involve the use of bacterial implantation to recolonize the body's natural store of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, which we use to digest and absorb food; and chelating agents such as DTPA (the calcium form is used for early decontamination and the zinc form is used for long-term treatment).

This is from Angelo Acquista, M.D.'s The survival guide, what to do in a biological, chemical, or nuclear emergency...

Frankie

Oh my god ... that Smurf has lost his hat ....

We could have a new Smurf called Senator Smurf ... <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />