Clinical Experience with Using Inorganic Nonradioactive Iodine/Iodide

I have been interested in iodine supplementation for years. I have a holistic family practice in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Michigan resides in the Goiter Belt of the United States where the soil is deficient in iodine. Although I long suspected iodine deficiency in many of my patients, my initial uses of potassium iodide gave suboptimal results. Some patients did improve, but many did not notice any appreciable improvement. This article was written to assist the reader in implementing orthoiodosupplementation in their practice. This article will be divided into 2 parts: Part I will describe a doctor’s (your author) introduction and education about the clinical uses of iodine while Part 2 of this article will give the reader ‘clinical pearls’ about how to integrate and use iodine in their practice.