statin

[ stat-n ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pharmacology.

any of a class of drugs that reduce the levels of lipids in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids: used in the prevention and treatment of heart disease.

statin

/ ˈstætɪn /

any of a class of drugs, including atorvastatin and simvastatin, that lower the levels of low-density lipoproteins in the blood by inhibiting the activity of an enzyme involved in the production of cholesterol in the liver

statin

/ stăt′n /

Any of a class of drugs that inhibit a key enzyme involved in the synthesis of cholesterol and promote receptor binding of LDL-cholesterol, resulting in decreased levels of serum cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol and increased levels of HDL-cholesterol.

Origin of statin¹

First recorded in 1985–90; extracted from (lova)statin and other drugs in this class

Yet another important barrier to addressing this issue is the implication for statin sales.

Was the calculator created only to pump up sales of the already multi-billion-dollar statin market?

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs routinely reach blockbuster status, selling more than $1 billion a year.

People with high cholesterol try statin after statin before finding the one that will work—if they ever do.

Three or four times he seems to be just on the point of statin' it to me but never can quite get a start.

He's in the house, an' wants you to answer Mrs. Fogarty, statin' feder you'll take a month's larnin' on the flure or not.

Meanwhile Miss Leroy gets around to statin' the real reason why we're bein' honored.

I wuz only statin' the solemn facts and truth of the matter.

I'd want references from the folks he'd worked for, statin' that he was honest and capable and all that.

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