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| [[File:Antiradmeds.jpg|thumb|A [[Colonial Fleet]]-issued tin with pre-loaded anti-radiation syringes {{TRS|33}}]]
| | '''Anti-radiation medication''' is a component of a Colonial [[medkit]], used to prevent permanent damage from radiation exposure. |
| Colonial [[medkit]]s include syringes for injection of '''anti-radiation medication''', colloquially known as '''anti-rad meds''' or variants thereof.
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| 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.
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| 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}}.
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| == Usage Following the Fall ==
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| [[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}}.
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| [[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}}.]]
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| 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}}.
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| {{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}}.
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| [[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 a [[Number Four]] known as "Doc," in the role of the Buccaneer team's medical doctor prior to the Fall, aims to sabotage {{TRS|The Plan|Resistance}}.
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| 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}}.
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| ==Notes==
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| *[[w:potassium iodide|Potassium iodide]] blocks absorption of radiation by the thyroid gland and thus reduces the overall bodily absorption of radioactivity.
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| *[[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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| == References ==
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| [[Category:A to Z]] | | [[Category:A to Z]] |
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| [[Category:Technology]] | | [[Category:Technology]] |
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| [[Category:Terminology (RDM)]] | | [[Category:Terminology (RDM)]] |
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