Meaning of statin | Babel Free

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1. 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.
2. An inhibiting hormone; a hormone that is involved primarily in inhibiting the release of another hormone.

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“The researchers found that statins were likely to provide⟳ benefits at a substantially higher health risk⟳ than expected and that those risk⟳ levels were lower for atorvastatin and rosuvastatin than for simvastatin and pravastatin. […] Yet some of the statin side effects mentioned in the study⟳ have⟳ not been proved in the scientific literature or are exaggerated and could cause unnecessary worry⟳, he said.”

“Among the latest are reports of the ability of several leading statins to reduce⟳ deaths from common cancers and blunt the decline⟳ of memory with age.”

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