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Dextrothyroxine
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<p>Dextrothyroxine (trade name Choloxin) is a <a href="/facts/Dextrorotation_and_levorotation/XQ3q2R3R">dextrorotary</a> <a href="/facts/Isomer/PXlvDVdg">isomer</a> of <a href="/facts/Thyroxine/9k4xJtCq">thyroxine</a>. It saw research as a <a href="/facts/Cholesterol-lowering_drug/5vnk3W0m">cholesterol-lowering drug</a> but was pulled due to cardiac side-effects. It increases <a href="/facts/Hepatic_lipase/gAD2uvN2">hepatic lipase</a> which in turn improves utilization of <a href="/facts/Triglyceride/BQmjv4A0">triglycerides</a> and decreases levels of <a href="/facts/Lipoprotein(a)/fFJ84589">lipoprotein(a)</a> in <a href="/facts/Serum_(blood)/a22tvug9">blood serum</a>. </p>