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Taking selenium supplements at 100–300 micrograms per day for 3 to 6 months may lead to a small rise in thyroid-stimulating hormone levels in adults with Graves' disease who are on antithyroid drugs, but this change does not continue after 6 months.

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Taking selenium pills for a few months helped calm down an overactive thyroid in people with Graves' disease, making their TSH levels rise a little—but after six months, this benefit went away.

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