PatientsLikeMe : Lipitor Treatment Report

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Patients

Taking Lipitor
63 Patients currently take Lipitor
2 Patients stopped taking Lipitor
Katielou Sensation: Mild Overall: None Cognition: mild Vision: none Speech: none Swallowing: none Upper limb: mild Walking: mild See profile Katielou 10mg daily since May 02, 2005
Vessel4God Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: mild Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile Vessel4God 10mg daily since Jun 25, 2007
mscrony Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: mild Speech: moderate Swallowing: mild Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile mscrony mg daily since Sep 21, 2007

What is Lipitor? Lipitor is a brand name for the drug atorvastatin, part of the statin class of drugs used in the treatment of hypertension. Lipitor is a brand name owned by Pfizer. Read more...

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Reasons Taken

65 patients in the community are taking or have taken Lipitor.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	33	50%
General health	17	26%
Slow my MS progress	5	7%
high cholesterol	4	6%
Support another treatment	1	1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Lipitor.

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0 mg day	1 day	5 mg day	10 mg day	15 mg day	20 mg day	40 mg day	80 mg day	100 mg day	200 mg day	300 mg day
6	1	1	18	1	22	9	1	1	1	1

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Lipitor or how long patients were taking Lipitor before stopping.

Currently taking Lipitor

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	4	1	5	6	24

Stopped taking Lipitor

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

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lipitor (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice	1	50%
Other	1	50%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Can't tell	100%	1

Slow my MS progress

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	0%	0
None	100%	1

Top reported side-effects include: soreness and aches in muscles and joints, Cough

Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)

Katielou

Sensation: Mild

Overall: None

Cognition: mild

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: mild

Walking: mild

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by Katielou
Dec 02, 2008