International generic name

Potassium iodide

Drug form and composition

Coated tablets. One coated tablet contains 0.5mg or 1mg Potassium iodide.

Indications

Antistrumin is used for prevention of iodine deficiency (endemic struma) in regions with low iodine water and food content. Iodine deficiency prevention is obligatory for the risk population groups in the endemic regions, such as children 1-16 years of age, pregnant and nursing women.

Dosage and administration

In children aged 1-3 years one tablet of 0.5 mg every 15 days; 3-7 years - one tablet of 0.5 mg weekly; children over 7 years of age - one tablet of 1 mg weekly. In pregnant and nursing women - one tablet of 1 mg weekly.

Contraindications

Hypersensitivity to medicine ingredients.

Special warnings and precautions

To be used with caution in patients with following diseases: hyperthyroid goiter, heart failure, high potassium serum level, and tuberculosis.

Drug interactions

No data for clinically significant drug interactions in preventive doses were reported so far.

Adverse reactions

In described doses Antistrumin does not cause adverse reactions.

Pharmacological mechanisms

Antistrumin is a preparation containing easily absorbed iodine, appropriate for compensation of the iodine deficiency in persons living in endemic regions with low iodine content of the food and the water.

Supplied

20 or 1000 coated tablets of 0.5 mg and 1 mg.

Expiry

2 years.