Pharmaceutical compositions for oral administration of molecular iodine

本发明涉及通过给药治疗性的碘来治疗哺乳动物疾病的方法。本发明包括使所述哺乳动物食用有效量的用于氧化碘物质的氧化剂和碘还原剂的步骤，当这些物质与哺乳动物胃中所存在的胃液接触时会引起氧化-还原反应。这样便可以在体内产生分子碘，分子碘与总碘的比例在至少约0.8以上。 The invention is a method of administering therapeutic iodine for treating a disorder in a mammal. The invention comprises a step of feeding said mammal an effective amount of an oxidant for an iodine species and an iodine reductant which will cause oxidation-reduction reactions upon contact with the gastric juices present in the stomach of the mammal. This is done such that molecular iodine is generated in vivo at a ratio of molecular iodine to total iodine of above at least about 0.65. The invention also discloses a non-aqueous pharmaceutically acceptable carrier with said oxidant and reductant having the ability to cause oxidation-reduction reactions upon contact with the gastric juices present in the stomach of said mammal and in an amount sufficient to generate molecular iodine, in vivo, at a ratio of molecular iodine to total iodine of above at least about 0.65.