Mark Ducati
03-22-2011, 09:01 PM
I just got my 500 gram bottle of KI from http://www.fishersci.com/ecomm/servlet/itemdetail?catalogId=29104&productId=3451637&distype=0&highlightProductsItemsFlag=Y&fromSearch=1&storeId=10652&langId=-1
Here's the short and sweet... adults need 130mg and children need 65mg...
"To prepare a saturated solution of potassium iodide, fill a bottle about 60% full of crystalline or granular potassium iodide. (A 2-fluid-ounce bottle, made of dark glass and having a solid, non-metallic, screwcap top, is a good size for a family. About 2 ounces of crystalline or granular potassium iodide is needed to fill a 2-fluid-ounce bottle about 60% full.) Next, pour safe, room-temperature water into the bottle until it is about 90% full. Then close the bottle tightly and shake it vigorously for at least 2 minutes. Some of the solid potassium iodide should remain permanently undissolved at the bottom of the bottle; this is proof that the solution is saturated.
Experiments with a variety of ordinary household medicine droppers determined that 1 drop of a saturated solution of potassium iodide contains from 28 to 36 mg of potassium iodide."
Two ounces of granulated Potassium Iodide (KI), mentioned above, is about 56.7 grams.
Also, from the above, an adult would be wanting four drops of the saturated solution as an expedient dosage. This would amount to between 112 to 144 mg of Potassium Iodide (KI) total. Remember, 130 mg of KI is an
adult daily dose and half that (65 mg) is a child (age 3-12) daily dose.
Less than saturated Potassium Iodide (KI) solutions, when properly mixed, should give even more accurate dosages because there is more solution overall to be measured out per dose. For example, mixing and dissolving exactly 26 grams of Potassium Iodide USP into a one liter bottle of water, for example, produces 1000 ml of Potassium Iodide solution with a strength of 130 mg for each 5 ml of that Potassium Iodide (KI) solution. There are 200 of those 5 ml servings in that 1000 ml (1 liter). 5 ml can be easily and accurately measured out with a common graduated medicine dropper. 5 ml is also equal to one measuring teaspoon.
A single 500gram bottle could provide 3,846 adult daily doses or 7,692 child (age 3-12) thyroid-blocking doses.
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My KI arrived today in a very thick square plastic type of bottle, gray in color, light proof... the label had a place on the side where you write in the date received and the date opened... It didn't say, but I'm thinking, as long as this is sealed... it should be good for several years stored cool and dry... its a chemical after all.
I got a few 2 ounce eye dropper bottles, brown glass, from a local pharmacy for a couple bucks each...
Anybody else thinking along these lines? I commented the above info in another KI thread in the GD...
Here's the short and sweet... adults need 130mg and children need 65mg...
"To prepare a saturated solution of potassium iodide, fill a bottle about 60% full of crystalline or granular potassium iodide. (A 2-fluid-ounce bottle, made of dark glass and having a solid, non-metallic, screwcap top, is a good size for a family. About 2 ounces of crystalline or granular potassium iodide is needed to fill a 2-fluid-ounce bottle about 60% full.) Next, pour safe, room-temperature water into the bottle until it is about 90% full. Then close the bottle tightly and shake it vigorously for at least 2 minutes. Some of the solid potassium iodide should remain permanently undissolved at the bottom of the bottle; this is proof that the solution is saturated.
Experiments with a variety of ordinary household medicine droppers determined that 1 drop of a saturated solution of potassium iodide contains from 28 to 36 mg of potassium iodide."
Two ounces of granulated Potassium Iodide (KI), mentioned above, is about 56.7 grams.
Also, from the above, an adult would be wanting four drops of the saturated solution as an expedient dosage. This would amount to between 112 to 144 mg of Potassium Iodide (KI) total. Remember, 130 mg of KI is an
adult daily dose and half that (65 mg) is a child (age 3-12) daily dose.
Less than saturated Potassium Iodide (KI) solutions, when properly mixed, should give even more accurate dosages because there is more solution overall to be measured out per dose. For example, mixing and dissolving exactly 26 grams of Potassium Iodide USP into a one liter bottle of water, for example, produces 1000 ml of Potassium Iodide solution with a strength of 130 mg for each 5 ml of that Potassium Iodide (KI) solution. There are 200 of those 5 ml servings in that 1000 ml (1 liter). 5 ml can be easily and accurately measured out with a common graduated medicine dropper. 5 ml is also equal to one measuring teaspoon.
A single 500gram bottle could provide 3,846 adult daily doses or 7,692 child (age 3-12) thyroid-blocking doses.
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My KI arrived today in a very thick square plastic type of bottle, gray in color, light proof... the label had a place on the side where you write in the date received and the date opened... It didn't say, but I'm thinking, as long as this is sealed... it should be good for several years stored cool and dry... its a chemical after all.
I got a few 2 ounce eye dropper bottles, brown glass, from a local pharmacy for a couple bucks each...
Anybody else thinking along these lines? I commented the above info in another KI thread in the GD...