Iodine is readily available at every drug store in liquid form.
You’re referring to a solution of elemental iodine in water of about 5% (or more likely, iodine-povidone, as the iodine alone doesn’t like being dissolved in water) that is used for disinfection
The iodide (IDE, not INE) tablets, where the iodine is in it’s ionized form (I- , usually with potassium as the cation K+) are what you want for radiation treatment, you take them orally and the dosage is in the milligrams, much lower then the iodine solutions.
The solution also doesn’t absorb at all through the skin, but you don’t see the iodine anymore because it vaporizes rather quickly
You’re referring to a solution of elemental iodine in water of about 5% (or more likely, iodine-povidone, as the iodine alone doesn’t like being dissolved in water) that is used for disinfection
The iodide (IDE, not INE) tablets, where the iodine is in it’s ionized form (I- , usually with potassium as the cation K+) are what you want for radiation treatment, you take them orally and the dosage is in the milligrams, much lower then the iodine solutions.
The solution also doesn’t absorb at all through the skin, but you don’t see the iodine anymore because it vaporizes rather quickly