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Statin vs Pitavastatin - What's the difference?

statin | pitavastatin |

As nouns the difference between statin and pitavastatin

is that statin is (pharmaceutical drug) any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis while pitavastatin is (medicine) a particular statin drug.

statin

English

(wikipedia statin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pharmaceutical drug) Any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.

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    pitavastatin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia pitavastatin) (-)
  • (medicine) A particular statin drug