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| Chromic Chloride, Chromium Acetate, Chromium Chloride, Chromium Nicotinate, Chromium Picolinate, Chromium Polynicotinate, Chromium Proteinate, Chromium Trichloride, Chromium Tripicolinate, Chromium III, Chromium III Picolinate, Chromium 3+, Cr III, Cr3+, Glucose Tolerance Factor-Cr, GTF, GTF Chromium, GTF-Cr, Kali Bichromicum, Potassium Bichromate, Trivalent Chromium. |
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| Chromium; Cr; atomic number 24. |
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Orally, chromium is used for improving glycemic control in type 1 and 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance (prediabetes), polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), corticosteroid-induced hyperglycemia and reactive hypoglycemia, for hypercholesterolemia, and for increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels in patients taking beta-blockers. It is also used orally for weight loss, to increase muscle mass and fat-free mass, and decrease body fat. Chromium is also used orally to enhance athletic performance, to increase energy and vigor, and to treat dysthymic disorder (a mild form of depression) and atypical depression.
Intravenously, chromium is used as a supplement in total parenteral nutrition (TPN).
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