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Dextrothyroxine

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Trade names
  
Choloxin

Legal status
  
Discontinued

ATC code
  
C10AX01 (WHO)

Molar mass
  
776.87 g/mol

Dextrothyroxine

AHFS/Drugs.com
  
Multum Consumer Information

Pregnancy category
  
US: B (No risk in non-human studies)

Synonyms
  
D-3,5,3',5'-tetraiodothyronine

Dextrothyroxine (trade name Choloxin) saw research as a cholesterol-lowering drug but was pulled due to cardiac side-effects. It also increases hepatic lipase which in turn improves utilization of triglycerides, improving apolipoprotein E cholesterol particles.

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Dextrothyroxine Wikipedia