People aged 18 to 40 can purchase potassium iodide tablets at a low price in pharmacies.
People older than 40 should no longer take potassium iodide tablets, as their risk of developing radiation-related thyroid cancer is very low, but the risk of serious side-effects from iodine intake is high.
Children younger than 18 get them for free.
Potassium iodide tablets may only be taken at the explicit request of health authorities.
The high-dose tablets can otherwise lead to ios-based hyperthyroidism.
Taken in time, iodine tablets prevent the storage of radioactive iodine in the thyroid gland. (The thyroid gland is saturated with non-radioactive iodine instead!)
This is called an iodine blockade.
Tablets for people older than 18 are currently unavailable. They should be back in stock by Mar. 4th 2022!
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UPDATE: UNFORTUNATELY, IODIDE TABLETS FOR PEOPLE OLDER THAN 18 WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER THREE WEEKS! (Mar. 3rd, 2022)
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Those for children are in stock!
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