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[[ | [[Image:Antiradmeds.jpg|right|thumb|A package of anti-radiation medication included with [[Karl Agathon|Helo's]] medkit ([[33]])]] | ||
Colonial [[medkit]]s include syringes for injection of '''anti-radiation medication''' | Colonial [[medkit]]s include syringes for injection of '''anti-radiation medication'''. | ||
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. | 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 | Anti-radiation medications create nausea in many cases ("[[33]]", "[[The Passage]]") | ||
[[Helo]] periodically injects himself in the neck (the location of his thyroid gland) to ward off the effects of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica's]] nuclear bombardment as he sought a way off the planet and back to ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[33]]). | |||
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[[Kara Thrace]] gives herself a shot when she arrives on Caprica to retrieve the Arrow of Apollo, but injects the drug into her arm ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). | |||
[[Samuel Anders]] and his team, the [[Caprica Buccaneers]], escape the initial destruction | [[Samuel Anders]] and his team, the [[Caprica Buccaneers]], escape the initial destruction, then later, as the organized [[Caprica Resistance]], raid old Colonial Fleet supply depots for anti-radiation medication and other supplies ([[Resistance]]). | ||
The [[Raptor]] pilots of the Fleet are routinely injected with anti-radiation meds as part of their series of escort flights through a highly-irradiated star cluster ([[The Passage]]). | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*[[w:potassium iodide| | *Anti-radiation medications do exist on the real-world Earth. One popular drug is [[w:potassium iodide|potassium iodide]], which blocks absorption of radiation by the thyroid gland, which aids in reducing the overall absorption of radioactivity into the human body. | ||
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