***message at the end of this post...... In a message dated 4/7/2007 2:03:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
[email protected] wrote: > > Sounds as though there is Iodine in the Betadine? > Funny, I am allergic to Betadine but have no problems with Iodine. > Now I am thinking its all in my head...puzzled. V Betadine is iodine-povidone complex, povidone is PVP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly_vinyl_pyrrolidone If you have no problem with other forms of iodine, you may be reacting to the PVP (povidone). Though the article above states povidone is completely inert to humans, I have reacted to various things that contain it, so I avoid it completely, in fact I had previously thought povidone itself was a form of iodine, guess that isn't true, but I still react to it. sol *************Thanks Sol...I did not know this.....I will Google PVP and get all the info. Someone wrote earlier on the list about his wife being allergic to Benedryl and still she has to keep reminding everyone about this. I have found the same to be true...so the more info we have...the better. v. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
