One of the ingredients in Betadine is called Nonoxynol-9, which is an irritant. It is so irritating that it can actually cause tears in mucous membranes and other sensitive areas, along with outbreaks of rashes on the skin. That can probably explain some folks' reaction.
Here are all of the ingredients in Betadine. Snipped from HTML version of http://www.pharma.com/PI/NonPrescription/A6910B16.pdf. Betadine Surgical Scrub - Drug Facts Active ingredient: Povidone-iodine, 7.5%–(0.75% available iodine) Inactive ingredients: ammonium nonoxynol-4 sulfate, nonoxynol-9, purified water, sodium hydroxide Jodi Cinder Ella wrote on 4/8/2007, 2:54 PM: [snipped] > It is really strange that topically it bothers you and internally it > doesn't. Perhaps you're allergic to the other ingredient in the > Betadine? and not the iodine? > Are you allergic to Shellfish? > Doris > > V 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 -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
