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[[File:Atorvastatin-3D-balls.png|500px|thumb|right|''Atorvastatin is very good at destroying muscle tissue'']]
'''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 once sliced bread as a therapy dropped off was banned by the [[Food & Drug Administration]] in the 1990s1997. Health care professionals (cardiologists especially) want to infuse '''statins''' as early and are given to everyone. Hence as quickly as possible, hence the name: "STAT, in!" as in "Get that '''statin''' in that patient, STAT!"