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What is Lovastatin?
Lovastatin is a generic drug used to reduce the level of cholesterol and other fatty substances in the blood. It is in a class of medications called statins.
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Reasons Taken
13 patients in the community are taking or have taken Lovastatin.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 6 | 46% |
| high cholesterol | 4 | 30% |
| General health | 2 | 15% |
| Slow my MS progress | 1 | 7% |
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Lovastatin.
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Lovastatin or how long patients were taking Lovastatin before stopping.
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 1 |
|---|
high cholesterol
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 3 |
Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)
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- bbrown5123
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by bbrown5123
Jan 04, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- high cholesterol
- Advice/Tips
- only chol. med that hasn't caused cramps
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