Antiseptic, anti-inflammatory.
Yodaminy forms and destroys microorganisms soaked, actively influences on metabolism, enhancing the dissimilation process; helps to lower the level of cholesterol in the blood.
Elementary
iodine has pronounced antimicrobial properties. For preparations of elemental iodine, a pronounced local irritant effect on tissues is characteristic, and cauterizing effect in high concentrations. Local action is due to the ability of elementary iodine to precipitate tissue proteins. Preparations, eliminating the elementary
iodine, have a much less pronounced irritant effect, and iodides have locally irritating properties only at very high concentrations.
The nature of the resorptive action of preparations of elemental iodine and iodides is the same. The most pronounced effect with resorptive action iodine preparations have on the functions of the thyroid gland.With iodine deficiency, iodides contribute to the restoration of impaired thyroid hormone synthesis. With normal iodine content in the environment, iodides inhibit the synthesis of thyroid hormones, reduce the sensitivity of the thyroid gland to thyroid-stimulating hormone pituitary gland and its pituitary secretion is blocked. The effect of iodine preparations on metabolism is manifested by the intensification of dissimilation processes. With atherosclerosis, they cause a slight decrease in the concentration of cholesterol and beta-lipoproteins in the blood; in addition, increase the fibrinolytic and lipoproteinase activity of blood serum and slow the rate of blood clotting.
Accumulating in syphilitic scales,
iodine promotes their softening and resorption. However, the accumulation of iodine in tuberculosis foci leads to an intensification of the inflammatory process in them. Isolation of iodine excretory glands is accompanied by irritation of glandular tissue and increased secretion. This is due to expectorant action and stimulation of lactation (in small doses). However, in large doses of iodine preparations can cause suppression of lactation.