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What do patients take to treat Hyperlipidemia and its symptoms?

Commonly prescribed and frequently used treatments

Treatment name	Efficacy	Overall rating of side effects	# of Evaluations
Rosuvastatin (Crestor)	1 (33%) experienced major efficacy 1 (33%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 1 (33%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 1 (33%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 2 (67%) experienced no side effects	3
Simvastatin (Simvador, Lipex, Arrow-Simva, Simvaxon)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 2 (67%) experienced moderate efficacy 1 (33%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 3 (100%) experienced no side effects	3
Atorvastatin (Apo-Atorvastatin, Atorvox, Atorsave F, Zarator)	1 (50%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 1 (50%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 2 (100%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 0 (0%) experienced no side effects	2
Pravastatin (Apo-Pravastatin, Lipostat, Pravachol)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 1 (100%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 1 (100%) experienced no side effects	1
Lovastatin (Mevacor)	1 (100%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	1 (100%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 0 (0%) experienced no side effects	1
Fluvastatin (Lescol XL, Lescol)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0

These charts show data from Hyperlipidemia patients' latest treatment evaluations

Who has Hyperlipidemia at PatientsLikeMe?

295 patients have this condition
6 New patients joined this month
15 say Hyperlipidemia is their primary condition

<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+
Current Age
1 patients	13 patients	45 patients	102 patients	77 patients	36 patients	4 patients

Distribution of females vs. males
Gender
65%	Females
35%	Males

Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom	# of patients	Proportion
0-19 yrs	3	3
20-29 yrs	14	14
30-39 yrs	17	17
40-49 yrs	11	11
50-59 yrs	6	6
60-69 yrs	0	0
70+ yrs	0	0

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status	# of patients	Proportion
Diagnosed	125	125
Not Officially Diagnosed	8	8

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

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