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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. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Cholesterol high 10 2
Other 7 1
General health 2 1
Slow my MS progress 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 25%
Mild
0 0%
None
3 75%

Most commonly reported side effects

left leg pain
1 25%
Bad headaches
1 25%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 80 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 8 Number of Patients: 8 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lovastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
3 75% Doctor's advice: 75%
Other
1 25% Other: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Lovastatin

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Lovastatin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
4
8

Stopped Taking Lovastatin

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 50%
Usually
2 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 25%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
3 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
2 50%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.