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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Cholesterol high 84 10
Other 38 3
General health 28 2
Slow my MS progress 11 1
to lower cholesterol 1 0
high cholestrol 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 6%
Moderate
1 6%
Mild
2 13%
None
12 75%

Most commonly reported side effects

Muscle cramps
3 19%
Bowel problems
2 13%
joint pain
1 6%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  daily 20 mg monthly 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 80 mg daily 145 mg daily 200 mg daily 400 mg daily
  8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 18 Number of Patients: 18 61 Number of Patients: 61 55 Number of Patients: 55 14 Number of Patients: 14 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Simvastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
8 40% Side effects too severe: 40%
Doctor's advice
5 25% Doctor's advice: 25%
Other
3 15% Other: 15%
Personal research
2 10% Personal research: 10%
Expense
1 5% Expense: 5%
Course of treatment ended
1 5% Course of treatment ended: 5%
Not indicated
1 5% Not indicated: 5%

See all 20 patients who’ve stopped taking Simvastatin

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Simvastatin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
9
21
21
51

Stopped Taking Simvastatin

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
14 88%
Usually
1 6%
Sometimes
1 6%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 6%
Somewhat
1 6%
A little
1 6%
Not at all
13 81%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
12 75%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.