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What is Atorvastatin?

Atorvastatin is an antilipemic agent used for the treatment of dyslipidemias or primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (atherosclerotic).

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 31 2
Cholesterol high 31 6
General health 18 2
Slow my MS progress 8 3

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
3 25%
None
9 75%

Most commonly reported side effects

Cholesterol high
1 8%
Nausea
1 8%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  daily 1 daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 80 mg daily 200 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 28 Number of Patients: 28 1 Number of Patients: 1 34 Number of Patients: 34 16 Number of Patients: 16 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Atorvastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
4 36% Other: 36%
Did not seem to work
2 18% Did not seem to work: 18%
Expense
2 18% Expense: 18%
Doctor's advice
2 18% Doctor's advice: 18%
Side effects too severe
1 9% Side effects too severe: 9%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped taking Atorvastatin

Currently Taking Atorvastatin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
2
2
11
35

Stopped Taking Atorvastatin

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
12 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
3 25%
Not at all
9 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
5 42%
< $25
5 42%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.