Should red yeast rice be considered a statin?

"The FDA and the dietary supplement industry have been debating for
some time whether red yeast rice is a drug or a supplement. For a
while the FDA banned imports of red yeast grain and powder, but in
February 1999, a Federal District Court declared a red yeast rice
product a dietary supplement and not a drug. The FDA is appealing this
ruling...
 
The basis of the FDA's complaint is that red yeast rice contains
substances that are used as drugs, and that, because of the health
risks associated with these drugs (liver and muscle tissue damage),
red yeast rice should be regulated as a drug. In effect, the agency
sees red yeast rice as a statin compound."

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