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lipid-lowering medication
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | lipid-lowering medication - a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductaselipid-lowering medicine, statin, statin drugatorvastatin, Lipitor - an oral drug (trade name Lipitor) that is effective in lowering triglycerides; potent in reducing LDL cholesterol because higher doses can be givenBaycol, cerivastatin - an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levelsfluvastatin, Lescol - least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol); usually taken orally at bedtimelovastatin, Mevacor - an oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels; used when dietary changes have proved inadequatemedicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of diseasePravachol, pravastatin - an oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attackssimvastatin, Zocor - an oral lipid-lowering medicine (trade name Zocor) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after heart attacks |
lipid-lowering medication
Synonyms for lipid-lowering medicationnoun a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductaseSynonyms- lipid-lowering medicine
- statin
- statin drug
Related Words- atorvastatin
- Lipitor
- Baycol
- cerivastatin
- fluvastatin
- Lescol
- lovastatin
- Mevacor
- medicament
- medication
- medicinal drug
- medicine
- Pravachol
- pravastatin
- simvastatin
- Zocor
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