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What is Simvastatin?

Simvastatin is an antilipid agent used with diet therapy to reduce risk for coronary heart disease, stroke and trans ischemic attacks (mini strokes); used to reduce total cholesterol, LDL-C and triglycerides and increase HDL-C; and for treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
High Cholesterol 464 85 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 88 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypercholesterolemia 87 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 51 6 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Increased lipids in blood (hyperlipidemia) 34 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Hyperlipidemia 26 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 818 patients currently taking Simvastatin

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Simvastatin. See all 24 dosages ►

  daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 100 mg daily 160 mg daily
  11 Number of Patients: 11 39 Number of Patients: 39 100 Number of Patients: 100 290 Number of Patients: 290 1 Number of Patients: 1 315 Number of Patients: 315 1 Number of Patients: 1 63 Number of Patients: 63 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Simvastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 47   Side effects too severe: 34%
Doctor's advice 47   Doctor's advice: 34%
Other 26   Other: 19%
Personal research 18   Personal research: 13%
Did not seem to work 13   Did not seem to work: 9%
Course of treatment ended 6   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Expense 5   Expense: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 4   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 1%

See all 132 patients who’ve stopped taking Simvastatin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Simvastatin

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

Stopped Taking Simvastatin

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Simvastatin

Always
 122 87%
Usually
 9 6%
Sometimes
 4 3%
Never
 6 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Simvastatin

Very
 10 7%
Somewhat
 5 4%
A little
 10 7%
Not at all
 116 82%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Simvastatin

$200+
 1 1%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 1%
$25-49
 8 8%
< $25
 90 90%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.