We use the type of iodine drops that can be swallowed. The brand is Clinicians but I believe in the States, there is a Lugol brand that is similar.

We use maintenance doses regularly, but when there is a sore throat it is used as many times as a person requires it - say 4 times daily. We try and drop it straight on the sore throat, so hold the head back and look up and aim the dropper at the back of the throat, (once one has gargled with a good-quality mouthwash, so all the crap is washed away).

In the late seventies I had a rotten strep throat, a doctor prescribed the 'topical iodine' and a special paint-brush to 'paint' my throat. This happened after antibiotics did not work. And yes the 'old' painting remedy worked immediately. So I guess that any kind of iodine will do. Just that this medicine in the seventies was very bitter and it made me gag a little. The 'oral' drops are a little more user-friendly.

Also Iodine deficiency is very common. One symptom is a feeling that some-one is choking one when one lies down, and this can prevent one from falling asleep. That is the thyroid gland that swells against the wind-pipe from a mild deficiency.

We use the type of iodine drops that can be swallowed.

We use maintenance doses regularly, but when there is a sore throat it is used as many times as a person requires it - say 4 times daily. We try and drop it straight on the sore throat, so hold the head back and look up and aim the dropper at the back of the throat, (once one has gargled with a good-quality mouthwash, so all the crap is washed away).

In the late seventies I had a rotten strep throat, a doctor prescribed the 'topical iodine' and a special paint-brush to 'paint' my throat. And yes it worked immediately. So I guess that any kind will do. Just that this medicine in the seventies was very bitter and it made me gag a little. The 'oral' drops are a little more user-friendly.