Synonyms for statin
statin

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1. lipid-lowering medicine, lipid-lowering medication, statin drug, statinnoun

   a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase

   Synonyms:
   statin drug, lipid-lowering medication, lipid-lowering medicine

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1. List of paraphrases for "statin":

   staten

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1. Ian Neeland:

   Overall, the serious risk for serious, adverse events is very low and so the risk benefit will usually be in favor of a statin for individuals at risk, statins can be very helpful for long-term risk reduction and with very minimal side effects and great benefits. It's one of those key medications that have changed the face of medicine.

2. Lori Daniels:

   As with any observational study, we cannot say for certain that the associations we describe between statin use and reduced severity of COVID-19 infection are definitely due to the statins themselves; however, we can now say with very strong evidence that they may play a role in substantially lowering a patient’s risk of death from COVID-19, we hope that our research findings are an incentive for patients to continue with their medication.

3. Ian Neeland:

   Statins are one piece of the prevention wheel. Both USPSTF and ACC/AHA are not the only piece, there's diet, physical activity, maintaining a healthy weight, blood pressure control, making sure you control diabetes or a risk for diabetes. All those aspects play into heart health. Statin medication is one way to reduce risk.

4. Neil Stone:

   Would you really want to give them a statin when lifestyle could take care of the problem? we believe in careful, thoughtful use of statins.

5. Amit Khera:

   Statins can cause muscle aches, but even if it's as high as one in 10 who get muscle aches, that means 9 in 10 will not. For the vast majority, that won't happen, and it generally goes away when we stop the statin.