Substance · official US FDA label
Iodine (iodine)
4 medicines listed on Vimpia contain it, alone or combined. Below, the official US FDA label for iodine, unchanged.
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The official US FDA label for iodine, effective March 12, 2026, describes products sold in the United States. The medicine sold in DR Congo may differ in strength, form or approved uses: ask a pharmacist or a doctor.
Official US FDA label for iodine
Data provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA), unchanged. The full label on DailyMed.
Uses
Use First aid to help prevent skin infection in minor cuts scrapes burns
Dosage
US dosage, for products sold in the United States. For a medicine bought in DR Congo, follow its box, its leaflet or your pharmacist.
Directions clean the affected area apply a small amount on the area 1 to 3 times daily may be covered with a sterile bandage if bandaged, let dry first
Warnings and precautions
Warnings For external use only
Side effects
ADVERSE REACTION Vi-Jon One Swan Drive, Smyrna, TN 37167
Medicines that contain it
Names as they are sold. A medicine without an English page links to its French page.
Sources
- ●Labels: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA (public domain). Data provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA), unchanged. DailyMed.
- ●English names of substances: RxNorm, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ●Marketing authorizations: register of the ACOREP, DR Congo.
- ●Essential medicines: national list of essential medicines of DR Congo (LNME).
- ●Composition: public medicines database of France (BDPM), ANSM, open licence.
Public information, for reference only: it does not replace the advice of a pharmacist or a doctor. Vimpia writes nothing about how to use a medicine and translates nothing: the label is the US FDA's, unchanged; names, composition and authorizations come from the official sources above.