How to Use statin in a Sentence

statin

noun

• The patients in the trial were on statins and had a wide range of triglyceride levels.
  — Betsy McKay, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2018
• People who have had a heart attack or stroke should take a statin.
  — Dr. Tom Frieden, CNN, 22 Feb. 2020
• On average, statins raise the A1C level by about 0.3%, which is not that much.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 26 July 2023
• Aches are just about as likely while taking a placebo pill as a statin.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 13 May 2021
• About 28 percent of American men and women over age 40 take a statin, the CDC says.
  — Maggie Fox, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2018
• Suramin is just the first of a whole new class of medicines, like the first statin for high cholesterol or the first beta blocker for high blood pressure.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2017
• The most common are called statins, which decrease LDL levels.
  — Katherine Hobson, Time, 19 June 2023
• One of those two drugs is a statin, a drug widely prescribed to prevent heart disease.
  — Esther Landhuis, Scientific American, 12 June 2017
• In contrast, statins can reduce LDL levels by as much as 50%.
  — Gina Kolata, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
• There are generic versions of statins and some cost only a few dollars.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 4 Mar. 2023
• Twenty statin users died of colorectal cancer compared to 37 in the group that did not take statins.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 20 Sep. 2023
• To increase usage of statins, Pollock said changing the perception of the drug is key.
  — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2023
• The letter revealed that Trump took a daily aspirin and a low dose of statin, a drug used to lower cholesterol.
  — Fortune, 8 Jan. 2018
• The finding helps lay the groundwork for cholesterol-lowering drugs like statins.
  — Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Mar. 2018
• The go-to for older adults are statins, according to Ferguson.
  — Rohan Rajeev, STAT, 31 July 2024
• Of a thousand people who take statins for five years, the drugs will help only eighteen to avoid a major heart attack or stroke.
  — Hannah Fry, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2019
• The drug could also be an add-on treatment for people already takings statins.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 22 Mar. 2023
• What has happened is that over the past 50 years, changes in lifestyle and new treatments (like statins) have been lowering rates of heart disease.
  — Harvard Health Letter, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019
• Joe Biden/ President thought little blue pill was his statin.
  — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2021
• That could include the cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins.
  — Tom Avril, Philly.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• For adults 76 and older, there was not enough research to make a recommendation about taking a statin for the first time.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022
• If not, are there statins that are better or safer for someone with diabetes in the family?
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 26 July 2023
• Clinical trials have proven statins to be safe and effective for long-term use.
  — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2023
• Take, for example, lovastatin (Mevacor), the first statin approved by the FDA in 1987.
  — Dennis J. Selkoe, STAT, 23 Oct. 2019
• Studies on cell cultures in the lab, for example, have shown that statins can limit tumor growth.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Time, 31 Aug. 2017
• She’s been on a statin ever since, and her LDL has dropped significantly.
  — Angela Haupt, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
• For instance, statins and other lipid-lowering drugs are known to be safe and effective.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2023
• Part of this is due to side effects—mostly muscle aches—that were not made clear by drugmakers when statins were first approved.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 14 Dec. 2023
• But given your whole picture, the benefit of a statin at this time for you is negligible.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 23 May 2022
• Now statins are largely used for their original purpose.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 11 June 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024