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 taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 31 |
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2 | |||
| Cholesterol high | 31 |
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6 | |||
| General health | 18 |
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2 | |||
| Slow my MS progress | 8 |
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3 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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4 | 36% |
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 18% |
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Expense
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2 | 18% |
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Doctor's advice
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2 | 18% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 9% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- Katielou
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: None
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: mild
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- Katielou
- 10 mg daily
- since Feb 24, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Slow my MS progress
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Side Effects
None
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- syl
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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- syl
- 40 mg daily
- since Nov 11, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for General health
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Side Effects
None
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- tired old me
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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- tired old me
- 40 mg daily
- since May 15, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Cholesterol high
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Side Effects
Mild
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See all 12 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.