taking Iodine is no different than eating idoine rich food. Lack of proper nutrient intake leads to deficiency, taking lugos fulfils the bodies nutrient needs. Stop taking it and if your not getting enough Iodine from food then your body once again goes into a deficient state and reverts to suboptimal function.

Iodine isnt a drug, its an essential nutrient and like every other nutrient, short your body of it for too long you will suffer.

12% is pretty strong, probably too strong for topical application but should be fine for oral consumption.

Gregory,

Also, Dr. Brownstein recommends 25 to 50 mg Iodine for maintenance for life. We live in a sea of toxins that will come pouring back into our cells if we stop taking iodine:
http://tinyurl.com/iodine-references

Every cell in our body requires iodine, or we will suffer Iodine deficiency disease.

Grizz

1 - why would you want to?

2 - what difference would it make if you were forced to?

3 - there is no such thing as Lugols 12%.

You would have to go through detox all over again. I stopped for 3 weeks, started up again, and had to go through the painful acne/zits all over again. Wasn't fun.

I think you got good answers already, but just to add another one, I will quote Dr Shevin

"If, on supplemental iodine, there are positive changes in well-being, the dose that maintains that improvement is probably in the 1/2 to 1 tablet daily range, and after several months on Iodine supplementation, most people would maintain that improvement for months to years even if they stopped supplementation;"

http://www.drshevin.com/patient_education/nutrition_hygiene/iodine_deficiency/

Ive been takiing Iodine for about 5 months but im now going to stop it for the next 3 weeks but keep supplementing with selenium to see how that changes things up.

In the interim i will keep looking for signs that i need Iodine again.. like dry eyes, or coldness, not sweating.. and if so i will reintroduce taking it.