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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
High Cholesterol 231 48 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 62 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypercholesterolemia 45 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 41 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Hyperlipidemia 15 1 Efficacy_major
Increased lipids in blood (hyperlipidemia) 15 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 427 patients currently taking Atorvastatin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 7
Moderate
 11
Mild
 6
None
 52

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Atorvastatin

Joints ache 6
Muscle aches 6
Muscle soreness 6
Joint tenderness 6
Generalized weakness (asthenia) 1
Nausea 1
See all 29 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Atorvastatin. See all 18 dosages ►

  daily 10 mg m,w,f 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 80 mg daily
  8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 157 Number of Patients: 157 2 Number of Patients: 2 130 Number of Patients: 130 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 89 Number of Patients: 89 34 Number of Patients: 34  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Atorvastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 35   Doctor's advice: 33%
Side effects too severe 30   Side effects too severe: 28%
Other 17   Other: 16%
Expense 15   Expense: 14%
Did not seem to work 10   Did not seem to work: 9%
Personal research 10   Personal research: 9%
Change in health plan coverage 7   Change in health plan coverage: 7%
Course of treatment ended 5   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Not indicated 3   Not indicated: 3%

See all 100 patients who’ve stopped taking Atorvastatin

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

Currently Taking Atorvastatin

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

Stopped Taking Atorvastatin

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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 Atorvastatin

Always
 59 78%
Usually
 10 13%
Sometimes
 1 1%
Never
 6 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Atorvastatin

Very
 2 3%
Somewhat
 2 3%
A little
 10 13%
Not at all
 62 82%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Atorvastatin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 3 5%
$50-99
 4 7%
$25-49
 13 24%
< $25
 34 62%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.