Only one thing came to mind: he had recently started taking the statin drug Lipitor.

他唯一能够想到的：最近开始服用他汀类药物立普妥。

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The patient has been prescribed a statin drug called CholElim to lower his cholesterol.

病人曾经服用一种名为CholElim的药物来降低他的胆固醇。

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He's on only a low dose of a statin drug, but his bad cholesterol is down and the good kind is up.

他只服用了少量斯达汀药物，他的坏胆固醇降下来了而好胆固醇升高了。

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But I will give this a try because I would like to avoid taking a statin drug, if possible.

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At the Rite-Aid pharmacy where I usually had my prescriptions filled, I picked up a refill of the statin drug that I had taken for many years.

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The chart below shows how much Vytorin use has plummeted as Vytorin (in light blue) has gone from being the third-most-prescribed statin drug to one of the least prescribed.

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