: 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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Other services recommended since the ACA was passed include medications like statins to prevent heart disease, lung cancer screenings for certain adults, physical therapy for older people at risk of falling, and testing for hepatitis.
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Means also calls out medications—including antibiotics, chemotherapy, antiretrovirals, statins, and high-blood-pressure drugs—for interfering with mitochondria.
—Hannah Seo, The Atlantic, 10 June 2025
But doctors already intervene in other pre-clinical conditions when there is a high health risk—prescribing statins for high cholesterol, metformin for pre-diabetes, even performing surgery for pre-cancerous polyps.
—Francesco Rubino, Time, 9 July 2025
For these, he was prescribed a statin for his cholesterol, two blood pressure medications (hydrochlorothiazide and losartan), and metformin for his diabetes.
—ArsTechnica, 3 July 2025
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Means also calls out medications—including antibiotics, chemotherapy, antiretrovirals, statins, and high-blood-pressure drugs—for interfering with mitochondria.
—Hannah Seo, The Atlantic, 10 June 2025
But doctors already intervene in other pre-clinical conditions when there is a high health risk—prescribing statins for high cholesterol, metformin for pre-diabetes, even performing surgery for pre-cancerous polyps.
—Francesco Rubino, Time, 9 July 2025
For these, he was prescribed a statin for his cholesterol, two blood pressure medications (hydrochlorothiazide and losartan), and metformin for his diabetes.
—ArsTechnica, 3 July 2025
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“Statin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statin. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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statin
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stat·in
ˈstat-ᵊn 
: 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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