statin drug vs statin

statin drug and statin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
statin drug	Yes	No	No	No
statin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, statin drug and statin are synonyms defined as:

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

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

statin drug (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