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Crilvastatin
A pyrrolidone non-competitive inhibitor of hydroxymethyl-glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase. Crilvastatin acts by stimulating LDL-cholesterol uptake by hepatocytes and also by stimulating bile cholesterol and bile salt secretion. (NCI Thesaurus)
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