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What do patients take to treat Hypercholesterolemia and its symptoms?

Commonly prescribed and frequently used treatments

Treatment name	Efficacy	Overall rating of side effects	# of Evaluations
Simvastatin (Simvador, Lipex, Arrow-Simva, Simvaxon)	7 (54%) experienced major efficacy 2 (15%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 1 (8%) experienced no efficacy 3 (23%) could not tell	4 (31%) experienced severe side effects 2 (15%) experienced moderate side effects 2 (15%) experienced mild side effects 5 (38%) experienced no side effects	13
Pravastatin (Apo-Pravastatin, Lipostat, Pravachol)	1 (13%) experienced major efficacy 2 (25%) experienced moderate efficacy 3 (38%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 2 (25%) could not tell	2 (25%) experienced severe side effects 1 (13%) experienced moderate side effects 2 (25%) experienced mild side effects 3 (38%) experienced no side effects	8
Atorvastatin (Apo-Atorvastatin, Atorvox, Atorsave F, Zarator)	2 (29%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 2 (29%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 3 (43%) could not tell	2 (29%) experienced severe side effects 1 (14%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 4 (57%) experienced no side effects	7
Rosuvastatin (Crestor)	3 (50%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 3 (50%) could not tell	2 (33%) experienced severe side effects 1 (17%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 3 (50%) experienced no side effects	6

These charts show data from Hypercholesterolemia patients' latest treatment evaluations

Who has Hypercholesterolemia at PatientsLikeMe?

697 patients have this condition
25 New patients joined this month
109 say Hypercholesterolemia is their primary condition

<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+
Current Age
0 patients	36 patients	108 patients	215 patients	211 patients	67 patients	7 patients

Distribution of females vs. males
Gender
67%	Females
33%	Males

Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom	# of patients	Proportion
0-19 yrs	12	12
20-29 yrs	26	26
30-39 yrs	36	36
40-49 yrs	44	44
50-59 yrs	19	19
60-69 yrs	3	3
70+ yrs	1	1

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status	# of patients	Proportion
Diagnosed	482	482
Not Officially Diagnosed	14	14

These charts show data from Hypercholesterolemia patients who have completed their condition history

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