Table 2 Potential statin-drug interactions (pSDIs) with all drugs of interest at hospital admission and discharge
From: Potential statin-drug interactions: prevalence and clinical significance
Statin | At hospital admission | At hospital discharge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number | % of all statins prescribed (n = 218) | % of all pSDIs (n = 57) | Number eliminated in hospital | % eliminated in hospital | Total number | % of all statins prescribed (n = 491) | % of all pSDIs (n = 120) | Number generated in hospital | % newly generated in hospital | |
Simvastatin | 18 | 8.3 | 31.5 | 6 | 33.3 | 71 | 14.5# | 59.2### | 40 | 56 |
Atorvastatin | 19 | 8.7* | 33.3* | 5 | 26.3 | 20 | 4.1 | 16.7 | 9 | 45 |
Rosuvastatin | 8 | 3.7 | 14 | 1 | 12.5 | 16 | 3.3 | 13.3 | 6 | 37.5 |
Lovastatin | 9 | 4.1 | 16 | 4 | 44.4 | 8 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 4 | 50 |
Fluvastatin | 2 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 1 | 50 | 5 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 1 | 20 |
Pravaststin | 1 | 0.45 | 1.7 | - | Â | - | - | - | - | Â |
Total | 57 | 26.1 | 100 | 17 | 29.8 | 120 | 24.4 | 100 | 60 | 50 †|