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What is Simvastatin?

Simvastatin is an antilipid agent used with diet therapy to reduce risk for coronary heart disease, stroke and trans ischemic attacks (mini strokes); used to reduce total cholesterol, LDL-C and triglycerides and increase HDL-C; and for treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol). Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
High Cholesterol 393 76 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 85 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypercholesterolemia 67 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 51 6 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Increased lipids in blood (hyperlipidemia) 34 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Hyperlipidemia 21 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 721 patients currently taking Simvastatin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 18
Moderate
 12
Mild
 20
None
 82

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Simvastatin

Muscle cramps 7
Joint pain 6
Muscle pain 6
Memory problems 3
Internal burning sensation 2
Bowel problems 2
See all 32 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Simvastatin. See all 23 dosages ►

  daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 100 mg daily 160 mg daily
  11 Number of Patients: 11 36 Number of Patients: 36 87 Number of Patients: 87 260 Number of Patients: 260 1 Number of Patients: 1 272 Number of Patients: 272 1 Number of Patients: 1 56 Number of Patients: 56 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Simvastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 45   Doctor's advice: 35%
Side effects too severe 41   Side effects too severe: 32%
Other 24   Other: 19%
Personal research 18   Personal research: 14%
Did not seem to work 13   Did not seem to work: 10%
Expense 5   Expense: 4%
Course of treatment ended 5   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 4   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 3   Not indicated: 2%

See all 123 patients who’ve stopped taking Simvastatin

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

Currently Taking Simvastatin

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

Stopped Taking Simvastatin

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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 Simvastatin

Always
 116 88%
Usually
 7 5%
Sometimes
 3 2%
Never
 6 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Simvastatin

Very
 9 7%
Somewhat
 4 3%
A little
 9 7%
Not at all
 110 83%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Simvastatin

$200+
 1 1%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 1%
$25-49
 8 9%
< $25
 84 89%

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Report created on February 08, 2012.