IODIDE SUPPLEMENTATION - 200-MU-G DAILY OR 1 500-MU-G WEEKLY

25 euthyroid volunteers were divided into two groups. Each participant of group A received 200 mu g iodine in the form of diiodotyrosine per day for a period of eight weeks, i.e. 7 x 200 mu g iodine/week. Each participant of group B received 1 500 mu g iodide once a week for a pe riod 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 val ues amounted to 65 % of the applied dose in the eighth week. Hence, no significant difference between both groups was found.