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What is Rosuvastatin?

Rosuvastatin is an antilipemic agent, also known as a statin drug. It is used with dietary therapy for hyperlipidemias to reduce elevations in total cholesterol.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
High Cholesterol 150 33 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 40 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Hypercholesterolemia 38 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 11 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Support heart health 9 0
Increased lipids in blood (hyperlipidemia) 7 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 260 patients currently taking Rosuvastatin

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Rosuvastatin. See all 14 dosages ►

  daily 5 mg m,w,f 2.5 mg daily 20 mg weekly 10 mg m,w,f 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 57 Number of Patients: 57 107 Number of Patients: 107 56 Number of Patients: 56 27 Number of Patients: 27 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Rosuvastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 14   Side effects too severe: 33%
Doctor's advice 12   Doctor's advice: 28%
Expense 10   Expense: 23%
Other 7   Other: 16%
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 14%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 5%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 2%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 2%

See all 43 patients who’ve stopped taking Rosuvastatin

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

Currently Taking Rosuvastatin

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

Stopped Taking Rosuvastatin

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Rosuvastatin

Always
 42 76%
Usually
 6 11%
Sometimes
 2 4%
Never
 5 9%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Rosuvastatin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 4 7%
A little
 5 9%
Not at all
 46 84%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Rosuvastatin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 3%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 8 25%
< $25
 23 72%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.