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Deuterated Drug
- hammock 3y agoSotyktu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deucravacitinib https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deucravacitinib), a new drug for psoriasis, has recently launched a big TV commercial ad campaign, and I thought it was interesting that it's one of the first and only drugs approved by the FDA with Deuterium in it. The chemical structure of deucravacitinib contains a methyl amide in which all three hydrogen atoms are replaced by deuterium