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| − | '''Statins''', also known by their sexier name of '''HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors''', are a group of lipid-lowering drugs used primarily to cause myopathies. In modern medicine, they are considered to be the greatest thing since sliced bread especially once sliced bread was banned by the [[Food & Drug Administration]] in 1997. Health care professionals (cardiologists especially) want to infuse '''statins''' as early and as quickly as possible, hence the name: "STAT, in!" as in "Get that '''statin''' in that patient, STAT!" | + | '''Statins''' are a group of drugs used primarily to cause myopathies. |
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| − | '''Did You Know''' | + | '''Additional Topics''' |
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| − | Nystatin is a '''statin''' made in New York?<ref>Breaking: Nystatin is Not Actually a Statin (Statins Weekly)</ref>
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| − | '''Additional Topics'''
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| − | * [[Alcohol (Song)]]
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| − | * [[Hypolipidemia]]
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| − | * [[Plavix (Clopidogrel)]]
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| − | * [[Rhabdomyolysis]]
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Revision as of 07:56, 22 March 2017
Statins are a group of drugs used primarily to cause myopathies.
Additional Topics
- Baby Aspirin
- Hypolipidemia
- Liver Pain
- Rhabdomyolysis
