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What is Advicor?

Advicor® is a brand name for the combination of niacin and lovastatin, a B-complex vitamin and HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor. It is used when treatment with both extended-release niacin and lovastatin is appropriate in combination with a standard cholesterol-lowering diet.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See 1 patient currently taking Advicor

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 0

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

Itching (pruritus) 1

Reported Dosages

  500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Advicor (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Advicor

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

Stopped Taking Advicor

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Advicor

Always
 1 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Advicor

Very
 1 100%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Advicor

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.