Torcetrapib
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torcetrapib | |||||||
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Uses: | cardiac medication | ||||||
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Hazards: | see side effects & drug interactions | ||||||
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Torcetrapib is/was a drug used to modulate cholesterol levels by its inhibition of cholesteryl ester transferase protein (CETP). Similar medications include anacetrapib and dalcetrapib.
Chemistry
The chemical name of torcetrapib is (2R,4S)-4-[(3,5-Bis-trifluoromethylbenzyl)methoxycarbonylamino]-2-ethyl-6-trifluoromethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-quinoline-1-carboxylic acid ethyl ester.