Diagnostic aid (radiopaque medium).
Ipodate Sodium is used as a safe and effacacious treatment for hyperthyroidism, reducing serum T4 and T3 levels to normal amounts.
ChEBI: Ipodate Sodium is a monocarboxylic acid and a member of benzenes.
Bilivist
(Berlex); Oragrafin Sodium (Bracco).
Veterinary Drugs and Treatments
Ipodate may be useful in some cats for the medical treatment of
hyperthyroidism when methimazole (or carbimazole) cannot be
tolerated. Because it uses a different mechanism of action
than methimazole,
ipodate may, potentially, be useful in reducing methimazole
dosages (and hence toxicity).