Radioactive iodine in the form of potassium iodide is used to treat disorders in the thyroid gland of human beings. The iodine isotope used is , which has a half-life of 8.0 days. Assuming a patient requires an initial radiation level of 2.5 millicuries, what weight of KI containing is required?
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Radioactive iodine (I-131) or RAI as it shall now be referred to, has been commonly used for the treatment of both benign and malignant thyroid conditions since the 1940s. The aim of therapy is to treat hyperthyroidism by destroying sufficient thyroid tissue to render the patient either euthyroid or hypothyroid.
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