Drugs Information: Potassium Iodide

Basic Information

ID DDInter1500
Drug Type small molecule
Molecular Formula Ik
Molecular Weight -
Description Potassium Iodide is an oral antithyroid agent used for the prevention of radioactive iodine uptake into the thyroid gland during a nuclear radiation emergency.
ATC Classification S01XA04 V03AB21 R05CA02
IUPAC Name Potassium Iodide
InChI Inchi=1S/Hi.K/H1H;/Q;+1/P-1
InChI Key NLKNQRATVPKPDG-UHFFFAOYSA-M
Canonical SMILES [K+].[I-]
Useful Links DrugBank ChEMBL PubChem

Interactions with Potassium Iodide

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