lipid-lowering medicine vs statin

lipid-lowering medicine and statin both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

lipid-lowering medicine (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