Re: Using Lugol's topically rather then internally

January 1, 2012

Rea,

My husband takes Coumadin, so we were very cautious about working him up on

iodine very, very slowly. I've written a good bit about this in this forum if

you want to do a search of my posts using the word(s) coumadin (or warfarin).

In my husband's case, I've concluded tentatively that it's probably the bromide

detox which tends to affect his prothrombin time because it tends to stabilize

after he has been on the same dosage of iodine for a few weeks. It tended to

make his blood thinner, requiring him to have to lower his coumadin dosage very

slightly, but the effects tended to be transient, lasting for only a couple of

weeks -- until he raised his dosage of iodine to the next higher level.

I searched for cross-reactions between Lugol's and coumadin, and I couldn't find

any, but we were very cautious anyway. So far, so good. He started iodine last

August, and he's still alive and kicking and just as feisty as every.

If you mother decides to take iodine, then it would be a good idea to get

regular blood tests to make sure that her prothrombin time stays within normal

range. My husband gets his tested every two weeks so that it doesn't vary too

much before he catches it.

However, you do need to be very cautious when treating a-fib patients because

there are contraindications against using thyroid meds in these patients --

although I don't know if the same thing might be true with regard to iodine

therapy (instead of exogenous thyroid hormone). Here's the link to one such

article. (Scroll down to find the pertinent part.)

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> My mom deal with Hypo Thyroid, Atrial Fib and is on the blood thinner Comidon

I was down for Christmas and asked her if she would like to start the Lugol's

and she stated she does not want to upset the blood thinner and agreed to allow

me to put one drop on her skin. She has trouble with constipation and said the

next day she went poop 3 times and was thrilled. If she just put it on her skin

like we did when I was down would it upset the blood thinner. Also in the

detoxing do cold sores develop and what other detox symptoms would I look out

for. Or do you think the cold sore came about due to the Niacin overload I had

last week. Thanks Happy New Year Rae

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