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Dextrothyroxine

Known as: D Thyroxine, D-Thyroxine, D-T4 Thyroid Hormone 
The dextrorotary isomer of thyroxine, a thyroid hormone with antihyperlipidemic activity. Dextrothyroxine stimulates the formation of low-density… 
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CholoxinDextrothyroxine Sodium
Congestive heart failureCoronary Artery DiseaseDrug AllergyHypercholesterolemia

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levothyroxine

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1982
1982
Studies of arterial wall glycosaminoglycans and collagen during experimental regression of atherosclerotic lesions in cynomolgus monkeys.
The effect of various antiatherogenic regimens on glycosaminoglycan and collagen concentrations in aortas from cynomolgus monkeys… 
1977
1977
Influence of D-Thyroxine on Plasma Thyroid Hormone Levels and TSH Secretion
Triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), basal TSH and TSH after stimulation with TRH were determined in healthy subjects and… 
1976
1976
Binding of L-triiodothyronine to isolated rat liver and kidney nuclei under various circumstances.
Triiodothyronine (T3) is specifically bound by nuclei from rat liver and kidney. Binding of T3 at 37 degrees C reaches its… 
1974
1974
[Treatment of primary lipoproteinemia type IIa and IIb with highly purified dextro-thyroxine (D-T4). Controlled study in ambulant conditions].
1973
1973
The effects of dextrothyroxine on the kinetics of prothrombin activity: proposed mechanism of the potentiation of warfarin by D-thyroxine.
increased significantly following D-thyroxine (mean increase = 40 per cent). The mean biologic halflife of factor II fell from 27… 
1966
1966
Effects of clofibrate and dextrothyroxine singly and in combination on serum lipids.
BOTH clofibrate and dextrothyroxine have been shown to reduce the serum levels of cholesterol 1,2 and triglycerides 3-5 in man… 
1963
1963
Effect of dextrothyroxine on metabolism of C-14-labeled cholesterol and tripalmitin.
THE POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP of hypercholesteremia to atherosclerosis had led to consideration of thyroxine as a useful agent in… 
1961
1961
Effect of D-Thyroxine on Serum Cholesterol
At a symposium held in Chicago in December, 1959, much fu,ther information became available. Gesler et al. (1959) confirmed the… 
1958
1958
Physiological Activity of D-Thyroxine
The human thyroid gland produces only the laevorotatory isomer of thyroxine (Harington and Salter, 1930)); D-thyroxine has… 
1953
1953
Theory of thyroid hormone action; conclusions derived from differences in effect of sodium 1-thyroxine, sodium d-thyroxine, triiodothyronine and potassium iodide on uptake of radioactive iodine by…
STUDIES of synthetic sodium/-thyroxine demonstrate that as an oral medication in dosage of 0.5 mg. or less daily it is…