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What is Rosuvastatin?

Rosuvastatin is an antilipemic agent, also known as a statin drug. It is used with dietary therapy for hyperlipidemias to reduce elevations in total cholesterol.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
High Cholesterol 128 29 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 35 1 Efficacy_slight
Hypercholesterolemia 32 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 11 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Support heart health 9 0
Increased lipids in blood (hyperlipidemia) 7 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 228 patients currently taking Rosuvastatin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 7
Moderate
 7
Mild
 6
None
 26

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

Muscle and joint pain 3
Nerve pain (neuralgia) 2
Nausea 2
Joints ache (whole body) 1
Memory problems 1
Diarrhea 1
See all 18 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Rosuvastatin. See all 12 dosages ►

  daily 5 mg m,w,f 2.5 mg daily 20 mg weekly 10 mg m,w,f 30 mg weekly 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 50 Number of Patients: 50 93 Number of Patients: 93 53 Number of Patients: 53 22 Number of Patients: 22  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Rosuvastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 14   Side effects too severe: 36%
Doctor's advice 10   Doctor's advice: 26%
Expense 9   Expense: 23%
Other 7   Other: 18%
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 15%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 5%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 3%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 3%

See all 39 patients who’ve stopped taking Rosuvastatin

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

Currently Taking Rosuvastatin

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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 Rosuvastatin

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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 Rosuvastatin

Always
 35 76%
Usually
 5 11%
Sometimes
 2 4%
Never
 4 9%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Rosuvastatin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 4 9%
A little
 4 9%
Not at all
 38 83%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Rosuvastatin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 4%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 7 27%
< $25
 18 69%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.