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Like most new medicines, iodine went through a stage of being enthusiastically used for a variety of conditions. Early on it was found to be an effective topical antiseptic and internal mucolytic. Later emergent uses included use as an imaging contrast agent, as a constituent of anti-arrhythmic drugs, and as a treatment for fibrocystic breast disease. As the toxicology of iodine became more predictable, all of these uses have been abandoned or greatly diminished.²⁵