Statins are one of the important cholesterol lowering drugs that occupy key role in therapy for high cholesterol. All these drugs are identified by the suffix “-statin” and drugs in this category mainly include simvastatin, lovastatin, atorvastatin, rosuvastatin and pravastatin. The main goal of all these statins is to lower serum cholesterol levels.
How it can be achieved?
Well, first of all let’s see how cholesterol is distributed within the body by various mechanisms and how statins stand as cholesterol lowering drugs by acting on any of these pathways.
Cholesterol distribution in the body
Three pathways play important role in storage and distribution of cholesterol within the body.