A patient with hyperlipidemia is prescribed a statin medication. The patient asks the nurse how this medication will help him. What statement below is most appropriate for the nurse to make?

The statins increase HDL and decrease LDL by inhibiting an enzyme that synthesizes cholesterol in the liver

Increasing the synthesis of cholesterol in hepatocytes

Increasing the production of VLDL, the primary carer of triglycerides

Decreasing the number of LDL receptors is the bloodstream