lipid-lowering medication vs statin

lipid-lowering medication and statin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lipid-lowering medication	Yes	No	No	No
statin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lipid-lowering medication and statin are synonyms defined as:

lipid-lowering medication and statin: a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase

Other synonyms of lipid-lowering medication include lipid-lowering medicine, statin drug.

lipid-lowering medication (noun)	statin (noun)
a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase	a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase