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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 & Efficacy
| Reasons taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia) | 15 |
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3 | |||
| Other | 6 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Multiple Sclerosis MS | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Doctor's advice
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2 | 67% |
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Other
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1 | 33% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- LeonaMS2004
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: severe
- Vision: severe
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- LeonaMS2004
- since Sep 28, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for High Cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia)
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips I am fearful of the side effects of this drug. I am going to begin a higher dose of Omega3 and Gugul lipids to get my cholesterol down. There is a family h... See full evaluation
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- bbrown5123
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Severe
- Cognition: severe
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: severe
- Walking: severe
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- bbrown5123
- 20 mg daily
- since Jan 04, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for High Cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia)
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips only chol. med that hasn't caused cramps See full evaluation
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Report created on March 21, 2010.