Statins (Cardiovascular agents)
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Name (Hebrew)
סטטינים
Name (Latin)
Statins (Cardiovascular agents)
Name (Arabic)
ستاتين
Other forms of name
Hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductases
Statin drugs
See Also From tracing topical name
Anticholesteremic agents
Enzyme inhibitors
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q954845
Library of congress:
sh 00001691
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Ebrahim, S. What role for statins?, 1999:p. iii (Statins are a new class of drugs that lower blood cholesterol)
- Heart Information Network WWW Site, 12 Jan. 2000:Statins page (The most popular class of medications for cholesterol are known as "Statins")
- Medline search, 13 Jan. 2000(titles: 452 hits; term used as proposed)
- Hurst's the heart, 1998:p. 1572 (Four classes of lipid-lowering drugs are currently available in the U.S. for treatment of hyperlipidemia: HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins); bile-acid sequestrants (resins); nicotinic acid (niacin); and fibric-acid derivative (fibrates). Statins achieve the greatest LDL lowering of available hypolipemic drugs. Currently available statins are fluvastatin (Lescol); lovastatin (Mevacor); pravastatin (Pravachol); simvastatin (Zocor); and atorvastatin (Lipitor). The primary action of these drugs is to inhibit HMG-CoA reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of cholesterol)
- MESH(Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors)
- Washington Post Health section, June 26, 2001:p. 12 (statin drugs)