[Enteral resorption of ioxitalamate]

Ioxitalamate is a water-soluble, iodine-substituted contrast medium, now available in an oral presentation. Its enteral absorption was studied in an open trial (n = 10). In the 24 hours after the maximum clinical dose (100 ml of the solution--equivalent to 66 g meglumine ioxitalamate, 30 g iodine), the mean excretion of iodine in urine was 126 mg. This is equivalent to an absorption rate of 0.4% of the administered dose.