Taking selenium supplements may lead to more side effects in adults with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis, without improving their health outcomes, so routine use is not recommended.

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Insufficient evidence to support the clinical efficacy of selenium supplementation for patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

2021 Aug

Taking selenium pills may lower some immune markers in people with thyroid disease, but it doesn’t make them feel better and causes more side effects. So, doctors shouldn’t recommend it routinely.

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Insufficient evidence to support the clinical efficacy of selenium supplementation for patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis

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DOI: 10.1007/s12020-021-02642-z

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