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Brand Names: Simvaxon, Zocor

What is Simvastatin? Simvastatin is a cholesterol-lowering drug belonging to a class of drugs called "statins". In patients with one or more risk factors for heart disease, Simvastatin can be helpful in preventing cardiovascular disease. Simvastatin was developed by Merck and is now available as a generic drug.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons Taken

35 patients in the community are taking or have taken Simvastatin.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 20 57%
General health 6 17%
high cholesterol 6 17%
Don't know 1 2%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Simvastatin.

  0 mg day 1 other day 5 mg day 10 mg day 20 mg day 40 mg day 80 mg day 100 mg day 800 mg day
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8 12 Number of Patients: 12 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

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

Currently taking Simvastatin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
4
4
5
8

Stopped taking Simvastatin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
0
1
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Simvastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2 50% Other: 50%
Doctor's advice 1 25% Doctor's advice: 25%
Side effects too severe 1 25% Side effects too severe: 25%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 7 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 75% 3
Moderate 25% 1

high cholesterol

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 14% 1
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 86% 6

Top reported side-effects include: Memory problems, Muscle Pain, Muscle cramps

Summary results are based on 7 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 7)

  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • high cholesterol

  • PortLee
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: mild
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • PortLee
  • by PortLee
    Nov 05, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • high cholesterol
Advice/Tips
T his medication works well.

See all evaluation results for Simvastatin



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