Editing Anti-radiation medication

[[File:Antiradmeds.jpg|thumb|A [[Colonial Fleet]]-issued tin with pre-loaded anti-radiation syringes {{TRS|33}}]]
Colonial [[medkit]]s include syringes for injection of '''anti-radiation medication''', colloquially known as '''anti-rad meds''' or variants thereof.

This medication is likely designed to allow certain tissues of the human body (typically, the thyroid gland) to block or resist absorption of radiation that proceeds nuclear bomb detonations.

Anti-radiation medications cause nausea<ref>Nausea is a common side effect of anti-radiation medications, including potassium iodide and Prussian blue. ''(cf. [[Anti-radiation medication#Notes|Notes]])''</ref> in many cases {{TRS|33|The Passage}}.

== Usage Following the Fall ==
[[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] periodically injects himself in his thyroid gland to ward off the effects of [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica's]] nuclear bombardment as he sought his way off planet and back to ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' {{TRS|33}}.
[[File:TRS - 33 - Agathon Injects Anti-Radiation Meds.jpg|thumb|[[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] injects himself with [[anti-radiation medication]] on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] {{TRS|33}}.]]
Agathon, "rescued" by a copy of [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii]], is led to a fallout shelter that includes anti-radiation supplies {{TRS|You Can't Go Home Again}}.

{{callsign|Starbuck}} injects the medication into her arm when she arrives on Caprica to retrieve the [[Arrow of Apollo]] {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II}}.

[[Samuel Anders]] and his team, the [[Caprica Buccaneers]], escape the initial destruction and organized with other Caprica survivors as the [[Caprica Resistance]]. They raid old [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial Fleet]] supply depots for anti-radiation medication and other supplies, which [[Number Four]], in the role of the Buccaneer's medical doctor prior to the Fall, aims to sabotage {{TRS|The Plan|Resistance}}.

The [[Raptor]] pilots of [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] are routinely injected with anti-radiation medication as part of their series of escort flights through a highly-irradiated [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]] {{TRS|The Passage}}.

==Notes==
*[[w:potassium iodide|Potassium iodide]] blocks absorption of radiation by the thyroid gland and thus reduces the overall bodily absorption of radioactivity. 
*[[w:Prussian_blue|Prussian blue]] is a chemical purgative that, while not preventing radiation damage, reacts with several radioactive compounds to facilitate their removal from the body.

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