Noun: lipid-lowering medication
- A medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase
"The doctor prescribed a lipid-lowering medication to help lower her cholesterol";
- lipid-lowering medicine, statin drug, statin
Derived forms: lipid-lowering medications
Type of: med [informal], medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine
Encyclopedia: Lipid-lowering medication