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The supposed risks of taking cholesterol-busting (降低胆固醇的) drugs have been under the spotlight, but common fears are unfounded, says epidemiologist Rory Collins． Millions of people take statins (他汀类药物) to lower cholesterol． So there was(26)_________interest when two articles appeared in The BMJ, a leading British medical journal, last year (27)_________their safety． This week the journal admitted both had overstated the extent of (28)_________in some patients． That part of both papers has now been corrected． But some researchers are worried that coverage has caused(29)_________and will put some people off taking these drugs． So what are the facts about statins? JonWhite spoke to epiderniologist Rory Collins． What are statins? They are a group of drugs that lower the risk of cardiovascular events such as (30)_________and ischaemic strokes-strokes due to clots in the arteries to the brain--and the need for
(31)_________ such as a heart bypass． The short name is "statin" because all the drug names end in it． Simvastatin and atorvastatin are two (32)_________ available ones．
They stop a liver enzyme (酶)_________which (33)_________making cholesterol; blocking it reduces (34)_________cholesterol made in the liver． In response to that, liver cells put more
(35)_________for a form of cholesterol known as LDL-sometimes called bad cholesterol--on their surface． Those receptors pull more LDL out of the blood, so lowering levels． That LDL cholesterol is metabolised by the liver and excreted.
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