PatientsLikeMe : Simvastatin Treatment Report

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Taking Simvastatin
116 Patients currently take Simvastatin
12 Patients stopped taking Simvastatin
PDPLUSGUY Mood: Very bad Cognition: Moderate Autonomic: Moderate Head: moderate Arms: mild Legs: moderate Tremors: severe See profile PDPLUSGUY 40mg daily since Aug 15, 2007
cookielady Mouth/throat: moderate Arms: moderate Chest: moderate Legs: moderate See profile cookielady 10mg daily since Feb 01, 2001
lilybet Depression: 3 Emotional: 2 Compulsion: 0 Anxiety: 1 Mania: 0 Physical: 2 External Stress: Severe 49 F Function: Moderate Distress: Low See profile lilybet Zocor, 20mg daily since Jun 20, 2007

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. Read more...

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Jump to:: Reasons Taken; Dosages; Duration; Patient Evaluations

Reasons Taken

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

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	73	57%
General health	38	29%
high cholesterol	6	4%
Slow my MS progress	4	3%
Don't know	1	<1%
Support another treatment	1	<1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Simvastatin.

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0 mg day	5 mg day	10 mg day	20 mg day	40 mg day	40 day	80 mg day	100 mg day	145 mg day	200 mg day	400 mg day	800 mg day
12	3	12	37	38	1	10	1	1	1	1	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	9	12	13	21	29

Stopped taking Simvastatin

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

Why Patients Stopped Taking Simvastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe	4	33%
Other	4	33%
Doctor's advice	3	25%
Not indicated	2	17%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 9 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	50%	3
Moderate	33%	2
Can't tell	17%	1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	11%	1
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	0%	0
None	89%	8

Top reported side-effects include: Muscle Pain

Summary results are based on 9 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 9)

SoCal woman

Sensation: None

Overall: None

Cognition: unreported

Vision: unreported

Speech: unreported

Swallowing: unreported

Upper limb: unreported

Walking: unreported

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by SoCal woman
Aug 24, 2008