Difference between revisions of "Statins"
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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 since sliced bread as a therapy dropped off in the 1990s) and are given to everyone. Hence the name: "STAT, in!" as in "Get that '''statin''' in that patient, STAT!" | '''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 since sliced bread as a therapy dropped off in the 1990s) and are given to everyone. Hence the name: "STAT, in!" as in "Get that '''statin''' in that patient, STAT!" | ||
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Revision as of 07:56, 24 July 2017
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 since sliced bread as a therapy dropped off in the 1990s) and are given to everyone. Hence the name: "STAT, in!" as in "Get that statin in that patient, STAT!"
Did You Know
Nystatin is a statin made in New York?[1]
Additional Topics
Citations
- ↑ Breaking: Nystatin is Not Actually a Statin
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