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Tiratricol TRIAC

A thyroid-hormone-related compound used medically in rare cases of thyroid hormone resistance, infamous for causing deaths in the 1990s when it was mislabeled and sold as a weight-loss supplement. Its legitimate, closely supervised medical use is different from the history of serious harm linked to unsupervised weight-loss dosing.

Also known as TRIAC, Triacana

Effects Lose fat

Routes Oral

Legal status Prescription drug

WADA Not listed

3D Molecular Structure of C₁₄H₉I₃O₄

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Chemistry

Formula: C14H9I3O4
Molar mass: 621.93
CAS: 51-24-1
PubChem CID: 5803

Reported dosing

Limited data

What has been reported in the literature and by users. This is a record of what is done, not a recommendation.

Typical dose Not established for unsupervised use (a genuine medical dose exists only for a rare condition)

Reported range Rare-disease clinical dosing: individualized, low-microgram-per-kg range; 1990s weight-loss-supplement doses (since banned) were far less controlled and caused fatalities

Route Oral

Frequency Per individualized medical protocol only

Duration Chronic (as prescribed, for a diagnosed rare condition)

A thyroid-hormone-related compound with a narrow, specialist-supervised medical use for thyroid hormone resistance; infamous for causing deaths in the 1990s when mislabeled and sold as a weight-loss supplement. Included for informational purposes only, not as a weight-loss dosing guide.

Where this comes from Case reports and FDA warning literature (1990s supplement deaths); specialist clinical protocols (rare-disease use)

Human data for this compound is limited. Read the figures above as a record of reported use rather than established dosing.