Treating Radiation – Not Iodine!

Besides Radioactive Iodine, there are other radiation particles that can harm you. There are treatments, other than Iodine, that can help mitigate damage after radiation exposure. Other radioactive isotopes are often mistaken by your body as calcium and get absorbed into your bones and marrow. Being Calcium deficient increases these issues so it may be wise to take a daily vitamin supplement. These are a few suggestions to help after exposure to nuclear radiation.

OTHER RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES:

Radiated Isotopes:

1. Iodine
   1. Potassium Iodide 130mg (adults)
2. Strontium
   1. Oral Calcium Salts: Calcium Iodate (@4g/kg can reduce some radiation up to 70%)
   2. Calcium Alginate least recommended bc of low solubility
3. Cesium/Thallium
   1. Chelated Prussian Blue aka Ferric Hexacyanoferrate aka Radiogardase
      1. Adults 3g every 8 hours 30 days
      2. Modeling found that treatment is most effective if begun within 15 d of ingestion, and the course length should be at least 75 d to mitigate cancer risk and 290 d to mitigate fatalities due to acute radiation syndrome. Safety not tested. (2)
4. Plutonium
   1. Ca-DTPA/Zn-DTPA (diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid)

Other Therapies:

1. Oral Diuretic
2. Anti-diuretic
3. Apple pectin­ (helps bind for excretion)
4. Flouride mouthwash (oral exposure, Stronium-90)

The chemo drug Amifostine helps in DNA repair.
Fullerenol @100mg/kg antioxidant

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Other Elements:
iodine 131 iodine 133 – absorbed by thyroid
strontium 90 cesium 137 mistaken by body as calcium, absorbed by bones

Nuclear fissioning events such as nuclear power plant incidents and nuclear weapon detonation release radioactive fallout that include radioactive iodine 131, cesium 137, strontium 90, uranium, plutonium, and many other radioactive isotopes. An RDD dirty bomb is likely to spread only one radioactive substance, with the most likely substance being cesium 137. Cobalt 60 and strontium 90 are other RDD dirty bomb possibilities. In a radiation disaster, stable patients should be decontaminated to minimize further radiation exposure. Potassium iodide (KI) is useful for iodine 131 exposure. Prussian blue (ferric hexacyanoferrate) enhances the fecal excretion of cesium via ion exchange. Ca-DTPA (diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid) and Zn-DTPA form stable ionic complexes with plutonium, americium, and curium, which are excreted in the urine. Amifostine enhances chemical and enzymatic repair of damaged DNA (1)

Sources:

1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24201986
2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30489370/