Bromide
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Bromide potassium, bromide salts or bromine have been traditionally used to aid sleep, or in smaller doses for anxiety or calming effects.[1][2][3] More recently, bromides have been used to disinfect swimming pools instead of chlorine, and for industrial purposes.[3]
Risks and safety[edit | edit source]
Bromide can cause drowsiness, depresses the central nervous system, and can cause poisoning if taken in high doses or bromism (bromide intoxication) if taken very regularly in excessive doses.[3]
Pyridostigmine bromide, marked under the brand name Mestinon, is a drug approved as safe by the FDA and has been used in clinical trials aimed at reducing post-exertional malaise in ME/CFS. Pyridostigmine bromide was also used as a pre-treatment for potential chemical exposure in armed forces in the Gulf War, and has been linked to several forms of Gulf War Illness.[4]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
- Bromine - CDC
- Sedative-hypnotic drugs - Encyclopaedia Britannica
See also[edit | edit source]
Mestinon (pyridostigmine bromide)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wegener, Gregers (March 30, 2016). "Bromides". inhn.org. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Sedative-hypnotic drug". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Centers for Disease Control (May 15, 2019). "Facts About Bromine". emergency.cdc.gov. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ↑ Committee on Health Effects Associated with Exposures During the Gulf War; Fulco, Carolyn E.; Liverman, Catharyn T.; Sox, Harold C. (2000). Pyridostigmine Bromide. National Academies Press (US).
