statin
IPA: stˈeɪtɪn
noun
- (pharmacology) Any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.
- (endocrinology) An inhibiting hormone; a hormone that is involved primarily in inhibiting the release of another hormone.
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Examples of "statin" in Sentences
- Differences in statin structure.
- Red yeast rice and 'statin' drugs.
- It was an adverse reaction to a statin.
- Relationship to the statin was unclear.
- The TZD and statin trials might fit this.
- It was the first statin approved by the FDA.
- Lipitor is one of many statins on the market.
- Atorvastatin is one of many statins on the market.
- I was not expecting manyWikipedians to be on statin drugs...
- And IMT is not the gold standard for measuring statin efficacy.
- Long-term statin use 'reduces risk of gallstones requiring surgery'
- In fact, long-term statin use appears unlikely to substantially increase or decrease overall cancer risk, the researchers noted.
- For example, odds for endometrial tumors fell by 39 percent among long-term statin users, while the risk for melanoma dropped by 19 percent, the study found.
- It may be that someone who has had muscle pain from a statin is at a higher risk of muscle pain from ezetimibe, but there is currently no information about that.
- But the new 10-year study suggests that "even long-term statin use is unlikely to increase the risk of common cancers," according to lead researcher Eric J. Jacobs, strategic director of pharmacoepidemiology at the American Cancer Society.
- A controversial study showing that the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin failed to slow the buildup of artery plaques more than a cheaper statin is certain to provoke questions among heart patients taking Vytorin or its sister drug Zetia.
- "In the last few years, a number of publications in medical journals have reported apparent symptoms of anxiety and major depression in patients upon long-term statin administration," says Amitabha Chattopadhyay at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in
- According to the New England Journal of Medicine, boosting HDL cholesterol with extended-release niacin (Niaspan) is a more effective way of slowing atherosclerosis in high-risk patients on long-term statin therapy than seeking additional LDL cholesterol reductions by adding ezetimibe.