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What is Atorvastatin?

Atorvastatin is an antilipemic agent used for the treatment of lipid disorders, including hyperlipidemia or primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
General health 12 2
Other 11 1
High Cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia) 10 5
high tryglicerides 1 0
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1 0

See all 17 patients currently taking Atorvastatin

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 14%
Mild
0 0%
None
6 86%

Most commonly reported side effects

Weakness (general)
1 100%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  daily 5 mg daily 40 mg weekly 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 80 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Atorvastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
6 35% Doctor's advice: 35%
Other
4 24% Other: 24%
Personal research
4 24% Personal research: 24%
Side effects too severe
3 18% Side effects too severe: 18%
Not indicated
2 12% Not indicated: 12%
Expense
1 6% Expense: 6%
Change in health plan coverage
1 6% Change in health plan coverage: 6%

See all 17 patients who’ve stopped taking Atorvastatin

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Atorvastatin

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

Stopped Taking Atorvastatin

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
6 86%
Usually
1 14%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
7 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 14%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
3 43%

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Report created on March 21, 2010.