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Dextrothyroxine

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Dextrothyroxine (trade name Choloxin) saw research as an 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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