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Definition of statin
: any of a group of drugs (such as lovastatin and simvastatin) that inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol and promote the production of LDL-binding receptors in the liver resulting in a usually marked decrease in the level of LDL and a modest increase in the level of HDL circulating in blood plasma
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Modern research has demonstrated that RYR contains statin-type compounds and lowers cholesterol (Atherosclerosis, June 2015).
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Monacolin K is chemically the same as the active ingredient in lovastatin, a type of prescription statin.
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One of those two drugs is a statin, a drug widely prescribed to prevent heart disease.
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If the patients received statins, their graft failure rate was reduced 30 percent.
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People taking placebo also reported higher rates of sleep difficulties than patients on statins.
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But then during the second portion of the study, 1.26 percent of statin users reported muscle aches compared with just 1 percent of people not taking the pills.
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However, there is no solid scientific evidence the statin works in healthy HIV patients, Fauci said.
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Suramin is just the first of a whole new class of medicines, like the first statin for high cholesterol or the first beta blocker for high blood pressure.
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Origin and Etymology of statin
from -statin (as in lovastatin)
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statin
playMedical Definition of statin
: any of a group of lipid-lowering drugs (as lovastatin and simvastatin) that function by inhibiting a liver enzyme which controls the synthesis of cholesterol and by promoting the production of LDL-binding receptors in the liver resulting in a usually marked decrease in the level of LDL and a modest increase in the level of HDL circulating in blood plasma
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