Lugol's iodine
Solución de Lugol
- Date
- 1829 · confidence high
- Place
- Paris, France
- Credited to
- Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Physician Lugol formulated an aqueous solution of elemental iodine and potassium iodide, used ever since against hyperthyroidism, as a disinfectant, and as protection against radioactive iodine exposure.
What it led to
- Preoperative treatment of hyperthyroidism (thyroid storm, Graves' disease)
- Iodine prophylaxis after nuclear accidents