PatientsLikeMe : Simvastatin Treatment Report

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Taking Simvastatin
68 Patients currently take Simvastatin
6 Patients stopped taking Simvastatin
Cara Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile Cara Zocor, 10mg daily since Nov 12, 2008
joaniekay47 Sensation: Mild Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: severe See profile joaniekay47 20mg daily since Oct 31, 2008
jade247 Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: mild Swallowing: mild Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile jade247 Zocor, 80mg daily since Jan 01, 1999

What is Simvastatin? Simvastatin is a cholesterol-lowering drug belonging to a class of drugs called "statins". In patients with one or more risk factors for heart disease, Simvastatin can be helpful in preventing cardiovascular disease. Simvastatin was developed by Merck and is now available as a generic drug.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Jump to:: Reasons Taken; Dosages; Duration; Patient Evaluations

Reasons Taken

74 patients in the community are taking or have taken Simvastatin.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	35	47%
General health	24	32%
high cholesterol	7	9%
Slow my MS progress	4	5%
Support another treatment	1	1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Simvastatin.

0 mg day	5 mg day	10 mg day	20 mg day	40 mg day	80 mg day	145 mg day	200 mg day	400 mg day
7	3	8	26	16	5	1	1	1

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Simvastatin or how long patients were taking Simvastatin before stopping.

Currently taking Simvastatin

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
3	4	7	9	7	15

Stopped taking Simvastatin

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

Why Patients Stopped Taking Simvastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice	2	33%
Side effects too severe	2	33%
Other	1	17%
Not indicated	1	17%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate	100%	1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	50%	1
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	0%	0
None	50%	1

Top reported side-effects include: Memory problems, Muscle Pain, Muscle cramps

Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 2)

SoCal woman

Sensation: None

Overall: None

Cognition: unreported

Vision: unreported

Speech: unreported

Swallowing: unreported

Upper limb: unreported

Walking: unreported

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by SoCal woman
Aug 24, 2008