What is Atorvastatin?
Atorvastatin is an antilipemic agent used for the treatment of dyslipidemias or primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (atherosclerotic).
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 12 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 11 |
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1 | ||||
| Cholesterol high | 7 |
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2 | |||
| high tryglicerides | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Slow my ALS progress | 1 | 0 |
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Doctor's advice
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6 | 38% |
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Personal research
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3 | 19% |
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Side effects too severe
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3 | 19% |
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Other
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3 | 19% |
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Expense
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1 | 6% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 6% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- jr42
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
- Type: Lower Motor Neuron
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- jr42
- 40 mg daily
- since Oct 06, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Cholesterol high
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Neurologist advised likely to speed up MND, informed general practitioner(Doctor)to cease and will review in 4 wks. See full evaluation
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- Pen'sup
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: none
- Chest: none
- Legs: none
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- Pen'sup
- 20 mg daily
- since Nov 09, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Cholesterol high
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Side Effects
None
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- gecc4
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: moderate
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- gecc4
- 40 mg daily
- since Jan 15, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 3 patient evaluations
Report created on November 23, 2009.