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triheptanoin

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Triheptanoin, sold under the brand name Dojolvi, is a medication for the treatment of children and adults with molecularly confirmed long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders (LC-FAOD).

Key facts

Drug.image
Triheptanoin.svg
Drug.image_class
skin-invert-image
Drug.width
200
Drug.alt
Skeletal formula of triheptanoin
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Triheptanoin 3D spacefill.png
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bg-transparent
Drug.width2
240
Drug.alt2
Space-filling model of the triheptanoin molecule
Drug.tradename
Dojolvi
Drug.DailyMedID
Triheptanoin
Drug.routes_of_administration
By mouth
Drug.class
Glycerolipids
Drug.ATC_prefix
A16
Drug.ATC_suffix
AX17
Drug.legal_CA
Rx-only
Drug.legal_US
Rx-only
Drug.CAS_number
620-67-7
Drug.PubChem
69286

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Triheptanoin, sold under the brand name Dojolvi, is a medication for the treatment of children and adults with molecularly confirmed long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders (LC-FAOD).

The most common adverse reactions include abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and nausea.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “triheptanoin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.