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What is niacin-simvastatin?

The combination of niacin and simvastatin is used to treat elevated cholesterol and lipids in combination with standard cholesterol-lowering diet when simvastatin or niacin alone are inadequate.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Increased lipids in blood (hyperlipidemia) 2 0
High Cholesterol 2 1 Efficacy_major
colestoral Rreduction 1 0
Hypercholesterolemia 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 0

Reported Dosages

  2 other daily 20 mg daily 500 mg daily 1,000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking niacin-simvastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 67%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 33%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 33%
Other 1   Other: 33%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 33%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Stopped Taking niacin-simvastatin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of niacin-simvastatin

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 1 100%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of niacin-simvastatin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 100%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of niacin-simvastatin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.