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What is Lovastatin?

Lovastatin is a generic drug used to reduce the level of cholesterol and other fatty substances in the blood. It is in a class of medications called statins. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
High Cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia) 44 6
Other 15 2
General health 5 1
High cholesterol and triglycerides (Hyperlipidemia) 2 0
Multiple Sclerosis MS 1 0
TO CONTROL MY TRYGLICIDES 1 0

See all 67 patients currently taking Lovastatin

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 10%
Moderate
1 10%
Mild
0 0%
None
8 80%

Most commonly reported side effects

Pain in left leg
2 100%
Headaches
1 50%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 80 mg daily
  11 Number of Patients: 11 25 Number of Patients: 25 27 Number of Patients: 27 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lovastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
4 44% Doctor's advice: 44%
Other
3 33% Other: 33%
Did not seem to work
1 11% Did not seem to work: 11%
Side effects too severe
1 11% Side effects too severe: 11%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped taking Lovastatin

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Lovastatin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Lovastatin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
7 70%
Usually
2 20%
Sometimes
1 10%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 10%
A little
1 10%
Not at all
8 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
6 60%

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Report created on March 22, 2010.