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A Patient Asks You What an HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Does

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A patient asks you what an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor does.How should you respond?


A) "It decreases cholesterol synthesis in the liver."
B) "It increases the activity of a lipoprotein lipase,an enzyme in plasma."
C) "It reduces circulating free fatty acids and liver triacylglycerol synthesis."
D) "It binds bile acids into insoluble complexes that stimulate the liver to increase conversion of cholesterol into bile."

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