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.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Other | 24 |
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3 | |||
| Cholesterol high | 23 |
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4 | |||
| lower the cholestrol level | 5 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Support another treatment | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| cholesterol too low | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Side effects too severe
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3 | 50% |
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Other
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2 | 33% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 17% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- Cabinonalake
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- Cabinonalake
- 20 mg daily
- since Aug 24, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Cholesterol high
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- PortLee
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
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- PortLee
- 80 mg daily
- since Nov 05, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Cholesterol high
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips T his medication works well. See full evaluation
See all 8 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.