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  1 9 9 7 ). T h e firs t e ffo rt o ffe re d fo r p a tie n ts to lo w e r th e ir c h o le s te ro l le v e l in b lo o d is b y c h a n g in g life s ty le s , w h ic h in c lu d e re d u c in g b o d y w e ig h t, m o re v ig o ro u s d a ily a c tiv ity a n d s m o k in g c e s s a tio n . H o w e v e r, th e s e e ffo rts c o u ld o n ly re d u c e th e c h o le s te ro l le v e l u p to 1 5 % . F o r m o s t o f th e c a s e s , p h a rm a c o lo g ic a l a p p ro a c h , in th e e n d , is c o n s id e re d b y g iv in g a s p e c ific lip id lo w e rin g d ru g . T h e re a re 5 c la s s e s o f lip id -lo w e rin g d ru g s o b ta in a b le i.e . s ta tin s , n ia c in , b ile -a c id s b in d in g re s in s , fib ra te s , a n d c h o le s - te ro l a b s o rp tio n in h ib ito r (e z e tim ib e ) (M a h le y a rid B e rs o t, 2 0 0 1 ]. S ta tin s (3 _ 0 H -3 -m e th y lg lu ta ry l-C o A re d u c ta s e in h ib ito r) a re g ro u p o f lip id lo w e rin g d ru g s , w h ic h a re v e ry e ffe c tiv e in lo w e rin g th e c o ro n a ry a rte ry in c id e n c e s h o w n in m a n y p rim a ry a n d s e c o n d a ry p re v e n tio n s tu d ie s . T h e re a re n o w a t le a s t s e v e n ty p e s o f s ta tin s , w h ic h a re a v a ila b le in th e m a rk e t. T h e firs t o b ta in a b le s ta tin s a re lo v a s ta tin , p ra v a s ta tin a n d s im v a s ta tin , a ll o f w h ic h h a v e s h o w n s o m e re m a rk a b le re s u lts o n lo w e rin g th e in c id e n c e o f c a rd io v a s c u la r d is e a s e s (A n o n y m o u s , 1 9 9 9 ; L IP ID ,

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  cholesterol level. T he m ost com m on com binations used, w ith respect to atorvastatin, w ere fenofibrate (1 1 .3 % ), pravastatin (9 .3 % ), rosuvastatin (3 % ), gem fibrozil (2 % ), w hereas, w ith regard to rosuvastati, w ere gem fibrozil (9 % ), ciprofibrate (5 % ), and atorvastatin (3 % ). L arge num bers of patients w ere not regularly checked up o r low in com pliance. In conclusion, statins usage in som e hospitals in Jakarta had been inappropriately used, due to m ultiple factors, such as, prescribers, patients' aspects, and the national health system . T herefore, in order to observe the efficacy of statins in clinical setting, a large scale study on the pattern of statin use should be conducted.

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  2004 of each hospital. T he inclusion criteria w ere outpatients diagnosed w ith dyslipidem ia treated w ith statins either as first choice or add-on therapy to the other lipid-low ering drugs given. T w o hundred and forty three cases w ere recorded during the 3-m onth period of exam ination, 1 2 7 m ale and 1 1 6 fem ale. T he average age of both group ofpatients w ere 56 :t 1 2 years (m ale) and 5 5 :t 1 2 years (fem ale). T he m ost com m only used statins as first choice and as add-on w as atorvastatin (3 8 .1 % , and 1 .6 % , respectively), follow ed by rosuvastatin (20.5% ), fluvastatin (1 1 .5 % ), pravastatin (10.7% ); w hereas lovastatin (0.4% ) and sim vastatin (3 .7 % ) w ere least prescribed. P atients' total cholesterol levels w ere reduced significantly (2 4 1

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  T h e m o s t c o m m o n l y u s e d s t a t i n s a s f i r s t T h o u g h i n m a n y c o n t r o l l e d s t u d i e s , w i t h c h o i c e a n d a s a d d - o n t o t h e s u b s e q u e n t c a s e s w a s v e r y r i g o r o u s p r o t o c o l s , s t a t i n s h a v e p r o v e d t o b e d e p i c t e d i n T a b l e 2 . A t o r v a s t a t i n ( 3 8 . 1% a s f i r s t e f f e c t i v e i n l o w e r i n g c o r o n a r y h e a r t d i s e a s e s ( C H D s ) , c h o i c e a n d 1 . 6 % a s a d d - o n ) s e e m s t o b e t h e m o s t h o w e v e r , t h e u s e o f s t a t i n s i n c l i n i c a l p r a c t i c e p r e s c r i b e d s t a t i n , w h e r e a s l o v a s t a t i n a n d s i m v a s t a t i n e s p e c i a l l y i n d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s a r e n o t y e t f u l l y w e r e l e a s t p r e s c r i b e d . e x p l o r e d , a l t h o u g h i n d e v e l o p e d c o u n t r y s u c h

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  T h e c h o ic e o f s ta tin s s h o u ld b e b a s e d o n e f f ic a c y a n d c o s t. C o u ld th e d o s e o f a p a r tic u la r s ta tin r e d u c e th e p a tie n t's L D L - C to th e ta r g e t le v e l? W ith r e g a r d s to th e d e c r e a s e o f L D L - c h o le s te r o l le v e l, n o w a d a y s , a c o m b in a tio n o f s ta tin s a n d a c h o le s te r o l a b s o r p tio n in h ib ito r i.e . 'e z e tim ib e , w a s p r o v e n to b e s u p e r io r c o m p a r e d to s ta tin s a lo n e o r s ta tin s w ith o th e r lip id - lo w e r in g d r u g s , s u c h a s f ib r a te s . T h e c o m b in a - tio n o f e z e tim ib e a n d s im v a s ta tin c o u ld r e d u c e th e L D L - C le v e l u p to 3 8 % ( G o ld b e r g et al.,

  1 9 9 9 ) .F u r th e r m o r e , m o s t o f th e p a tie n ts in I n d o n e s ia w e r e n o t c o v e r e d b y in s u r a n c e , o r p a tie n ts w h o f e lt b e tte r d u e to v a r io u s r e a s o n s w e r e r e f u s e d to c o m e f o r f o llo w u p s ,

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  O n th e o th e r h a n d , m a n y c a s e s w e r e d if f ic u lt to r e tr ie v e d u e to ir r e g u la r c h e c k u p s o r n o f o llo w - u p s ; th e r e f o r e , th e s e f a c to r s , a t th e e n d , g a v e a n in c o m p le te in f o r m a tio n o n th e e f f ic a c y o f th e r e s p e c - tiv e s ta tin s . T h e r e w e r e s o m e p o s s ib le a n s w e r s to th is p r o b le m s , i.e . a m o n g o th e r s , la c k o f c o m p r e h e n s iv e in f o r m a tio n f r o m th e c a r e p r o v id e r s to th e p a tie n ts o n th e im p o r ta n c e o f th e c o n tin u ity o f th e d r u g s p r e s c r ib e d , a n d p a tie n ts r e f u s e d to c o m e f o r c h e c k u p s d u e to e c o n o m ic b a c k g r o u n d s ( F a ir h u r s t & H u b y , 1 9 9 8 ;S c h w e d

  p r e d is p o s in g f a c to r s , s u c h a s B M I , s m o k in g h a b its , f a m ily h is to r y w e r e n o t v e r y w e ll d o c u m e n te d . A s s u g g e s te d in th e N C E P A T P ill g u id e lin e , a ll th e s e f a c to r s s h o u ld a lw a y s b e ta k e n in to a c c o u n t f o r th e tr e a tm e n t o f d y s lip id e m ia .

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  A s w a s d e p ic te d in T a b le 6 , th e r e w e r e 1 1 c a s e s w h e r e c o m b in a tio n o f s ta tin s w ith f ib r a te w e r e u s e d . I n a d d itio n , th e r e w e r e a ls o c o m b in a tio n s o f tw o d if f e r e n t s ta tin s , lik e a to r v a s ta tin w ith p r a v a s - ta tin ( 9 c a s e s ) , a n d a to r v a s ta tin a n d r o s u v a s ta tin ( 3 c a s e s ) . I t w a s w e ll d o c u m e n te d e ls e w h e r e , th a t th e c o m b in a tio n s o f s ta tin s w ith o th e r lip id - lo w e r in g d r u g s , s u c h a s b ile - a c id b in d in g r e s in s , n ia c in w e r e b e n e f ic ia l, b u t, to p u t tw o s ta tin s to g e th e r in o n e th e r a p y r e g im e w a s n o t y e t w e ll p r a c tic e d . U n f o r tu n a te ly , s o m e d r u g c o m b in a tio n s w e r e p r o n e to in te n s if y th e ir s id e e f f e c ts . T h e m o s t f r e q u e n t s id e - e f f e c ts p r e d ic te d w e r e m y o p a th y w h ic h c o u ld le a d to r h a b d o m y o ly s is ( D u e ll et al, 1 9 9 8 ; G a r n e tt, 1 9 9 5 ; M ille r & S p e n c e 1 9 9 8 ) . I n th is s tu d y , it w a s n o t c le a r w h e th e r th e p a tie n ts o b s e r v e d e x p e r ie n c e d s o m e e f f e c ts r e s e m b lin g m y o p a th y , w h ile n o n o tic e s w e r e s e e n in th e m e d ic a l r e c o r d . S o m e s tu d ie s r e v e a le d th a t m y o p a th y a p p a r e n tly o c c u r r e d d u e to p h a r m a - c o d y n a m ic a n d p h a r m a c o k in e tic s in te r a c tio n s ( C o r s in i

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  C O N C L U S I O N A c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l s t u d y o f p a t t e r n u s e o f s t a t i n s i n s e v e r a l h o s p i t a l i n J a k a r t a w a s c o n d u c t e d . A l t h o u g h t o t a l c h o l e s t e r o l l e v e l s d e c r e a s e d s i g n i f i c a n t l y , t h e r e s p o n d e r s r a t e w a s s t i l l s m a l l . T h e d o s e o f s t a t i n s ( r o s u v a s t a t i n , f l u v a s t a t i n ) n e e d s t o b e i n c r e a s e d t o m e e t t h e t h e r a p e u t i c g o a l i n l o w e r i n g

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