title: Iodide supplementation: 200 micrograms daily or 1,500 micrograms weekly?
abstract: 25 euthyroid volunteers were divided into two groups. Each participant of group A received 200 micrograms iodine in the form of diiodotyrosine per day for a period of eight weeks, i.e. 7 x 200 micrograms iodine/week. Each participant of group B received 1,500 micrograms iodide once a week for a period of eight weeks. In addition to the basal excretion of iodine with the collected urine, the excretion values in group A amounted to 67% of the applied dose in the eighth week. In group B, the excretion values amounted to 65% of the applied dose in the eighth week. Hence, no significant difference between both groups was found.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Abt. IV Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wahl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Breidt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kallee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D004105:Diiodotyrosine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007454:Iodides / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000378:metabolism; D007455:Iodine / Q000652:urine; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007454:Iodides; D004105:Diiodotyrosine; D007455:Iodine