Protection against (prior or after) a nuclear bone scan

Hello,

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I am not in the medical field, but am an Engineer with a bit of a passion for medicine.

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I am going for a bone scan in April to help find the cause of back pain/inflammation and would like to know what to do before or afterwards to protect from the radiation. I have had one of these scans almost 10 years ago and since I am getting another, it's time to get smart about it.

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I understand there is a correlation between potassium iodide and radiation. Would it be wise to take to take these ahead of time? Does it have a negative effect on the imaging? Better taken after the imaging? Is there something else I should be doing in conjunction with this, in place of this? I do not believe there is nothing that can be done to mitigate radiation damage and hope someone here can suggest some things

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