here's some Iodine in your eye!

Hi everyone,

I've been away for a while. If Iodine is being used to cure
ulcers in the eye, I suspect (know), it can be used on any body part if the right dilution is engaged.

t2t


Detailed Description:
The medication to be studied is 1.25% povidone-iodine solution and the control medication is 5% natamycin ophthalmic suspension. The povidone-iodine concentration of 1.25% was chosen based on a study using povidone-iodine ophthalmic solution for the first week after ocular surgery. Initially, some patients complained of a stinging sensation when using the 2.5% concentration. This might prevent full compliance from some subjects. When the solution was diluted to 1.25%, there were no more complaints of discomfort. Therefore, in the actual one-week postoperative clinical trial, the 1.25 % concentration was used without any patient complaints and it was found to be effective. In a pilot study conducted in the Philippines, investigating treatment of small to medium-sized fungal corneal ulcers, 1.25% povidone-iodine was shown to be effective against fungal corneal ulcers including those caused by Fusarium solani and Mycelia sterila when treated for 7-20 days.
The dosing schedule of povidone-iodine 1.25% or control medication is as follows:
1. For the first three days, one drop of the medication will be applied every hour.
2. Day 4 and thereafter, hourly while awake, when asleep, every three hours. Sleep is not to exceed 9 hours. Treat all cases with intense drop therapy for a minimum of 5 days unless criteria for change in therapy are met.
3. At 5 days, decrease dosing frequency to every 2 hours while awake until "cured", only if no deterioration in any factor and improved in at least one factor, other than epithelial defect, is noted on 2 consecutive examinations.
4. If at 10 days the status remains unchanged, the subject is to exit the study.
5. After discharge, dosing frequency is to remain every 2 hours while awake until cured.


http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00516399