Re: Jonathan Wright ..long term use of iodine?

This doctor has worked with potassium Iodide ( SSKI ). It is helpful for some things, but does not have the elemental Iodine that Lugol's and Iodoral.

This is basically not a concern, if it is rare.
`"Fortunately, in my experience with over a thousand individuals, internal use of than nine drops of SSKI daily has or less has very rarely resulted in thyroid suppression. On those very few occasions, discontinuance has resulted in prompt recovery. So far, I've never seen thyroid suppression result from "topical" (skin surface) use of SSKI ."

If we start out hypothyroid, we definitely know what the symptoms are and what to look out for. Another point would what would be long term? I have been taking very high doses of Lugol's for more than five months now and I have not reached my goals, nor has the detox been unmanageable. Cutting down on my dose takes me back, not forward, as I have proved to myself with experimentation. As long as it is helping me, I will continue on it. I have made huge strides.

Taking Iodine is an individual choice. It is also a choice to do it with or without a physician, as some experiences with allopathic medicine have not been all that helpful. We come to Curezone for alternatives, as we are not where we want to be with our health. I personally would use potato peelings and mustard if I had seen people being helped by them. I mean, people use urine, don't they?

Iodine is easy, and it is effective. It works for me. I am not as hypothyroid as I was, and if I crash, I surely would recognize it. The studies support Iodine use to resolve problems and any--ANY--product, commercial or otherwise, has its risks. Thankfully, to me, the risk of thyroid suppression seems very small.