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Hello Vindy,

An article from Dr Jonathan's Wright's website lists a few treatments for bladder infections including the use of SSKI.

Attached is the section addressing UTIs (Holly is Dr Wright's wife):

" .... Although Holly has never had the experience, occasionally another woman at one of the conferences we attended developed a bladder infection when far away from home and her physician. Holly gives her our “back-up” small bottle of SSKI with instructions to take 10 to 15 drops in water or juice every 3 to 4 hours (while awake) until the infection is gone.

Although SSKI is close to 100% effective in the elimination of bladder infections, this is a “high dose”; make sure to read the section “Keeping SSKI Use Safe”.

If possible, it's best to use the simple sugar D-mannose to eliminate bladder infections. D-mannose is effective over 90% of the time, and is very, very safe. For details, see "D-mannose and Bladder Infection, " by Lane Lenard Ph.D. and me, available through the Tahoma Clinic Dispensary.

When our children were teenagers, they always knew where to find the SSKI bottle. Whenever one of them “popped a zit”, she or he would rub SSKI into it every hour or two. The offending “zit” would be gone in 24-48 hours or less; an innumerable number of social events were rendered “zit-free” by this approach.... "

SOURCE: Iodide – One Mineral Can Help A Myriad Of Conditions From Atherosclerosis To “COPD” to Zits.
by Tahoma Clinic | Jan 8,2011 | Articles

SSKI USE SAFETY

As to keeping the use of SSKI safe, I think this refers to two key issues.

1. IODINE SENSITIVITY

Do the iodine Spot Test/Iodine Skin Patch Test - place a few drops on an area of thin clean skin and watch for adverse reactions during the day. If OK, then take 1 drop and watch for reactions. If OK, then slowly titrate up to therapeutic amounts. If too many detox/sensitivity symptoms occur drop back to a lower amount and slowly titrate up.

Some people develop rare symptoms when taking iodine, see a holistic practitioner versed in using iodine for guidance.

2. REQUIRED IODINE CO-NUTRIENTS/SUPPLEMENTS

For a majority of people there are required iodine-companion nutrients one must take at least 2 weeks before (ideally) and during initial iodine intake. It is important to correct these deficiencies before and during thyroid hormone and iodine use.

Generally, this is because Americans, and people in other industrial nations, often develop herxheimer/detox symptoms in response to first taking iodine because they are deficient in iodine and in many of the required iodine-companion nutrients; and/or, have high toxin levels such as toxic halides (Fl, Cl, Br); and/or, have chronic candida (often develops in response to chronic iodine deficiency.)

The essential iodine co-supplements are specific nutrients, vitamins and minerals required for your brain, thyroid, liver and tissues to properly produce and use iodine and thyroid hormone. If you are deficient in these key nutrients, toxic by-products are not cleared from the body quickly enough and critical iodine pathways in the body are blocked causing symptoms.

* KEY MINERALS: zinc, selenium, magnesium, iron. And, calcium, manganese, copper and boron are needed in the thyroid/iodine pathways. Caution: need to know how to take non-toxic forms of minerals. Remember, anemias can be deficiencies in iron, B12 and Folate.

* KEY VITAMINS: B2 Riboflavin, B3 Niacin, B12 Methylcobalamin, B8 Myo-Inositol, Vitamin C (take away from Iodine), Vitamin D3, Vitamin A. Can also include: folate, Vitamin E

* KEY FATS: Omega-3, Essential Fatty Acids. Omit bad fats, high omega 6 oil diets.

* KEY AMINO ACIDS: L Tyrosine & quality Protein. Ensure you are absorbing/eating enough protein, every meal - this entails having enough stomach HCL and digestive enzymes to digest the protein, supplementation is often needed.

* OTHER KEY COMPOUNDS:

SEA SALT - 1/2 - 1 tsp sea salt, daily in glass water

BODY pH - should be in a healthy range to best absorb iodine & other minerals. Can simply adjust diet until the urine pH reads between 6.5 to 7.2

AVOID: gluten, dairy, soy, high omega 7 intake and processed sugars; especially if have autoimmune thyroid condition.

AVOID: toxic halogens, always: fluoride in water and toothpaste, chlorine in water, bromide in flour and flame retardants. Many medications contain toxic halogens. Toxic halogens displace iodine and when taking iodine you will detox the toxic halogens out of your body = symptoms.

NOTE: thyroid hormone production and proper iodine utilization is dependent on key nutrients, a healthy liver and adrenals and omitting food allergens especially gluten which is the number one food to contribute to thyroid dysfunction.

NOTE: see all the great info regarding Iodine use on EarthClinic.

OTHER SOURCES: Dr Peter Osbourne, Dr David Brownstein, Dr Sircus, Lynn Farrow, CureZone Iodine Group, Dr Jonathan Wright, Dr Flechas, Dr Gabriel Cousens, Dr Darren Schmidt, Dr Berg, etc....