Table 1.
Average number and percentage of users over the years 1994–96 specified by LLD group in Bologna, Italy and Funen, Denmark. Doses recommended in official drug catalogues and corresponding number of DDD as of 1998 in Denmark [9, 16].
| Bologna | Funen | Recommended dose | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | mg | DDD | ||
| C10AA01 | Simvastatin | 6721 | 43.4 | 915 | 42.8 | 10 | 0.67 |
| 10–40* | 0.67–2.67* | ||||||
| C10AA02 | Lovastatin | 517 | 24.2 | 30 | 1.00 | ||
| C10AA03 | Pravastatin | 2383 | 15.4 | 314 | 14.7 | 15–20 | 0.75–1.00 |
| C10AA04 | Fluvastatin | 593 | 3.7 | 57 | 2.7 | 40 | 1.00 |
| C10AA | STATINS | 9696 | 62.5 | 1803 | 84.4 | ||
| C10AB01 | Clofibrate | 7 | 0.3 | 2000 | 1.00 | ||
| C10AB02 | Bezafibrate | 1696 | 10.9 | 95 | 4.4 | 600 | 1.00 |
| C10AB04 | Gemfibrozil | 3022 | 19.6 | 96 | 4.5 | 1200 | 1.00 |
| C10AB05 | Fenofibrate | 388 | 2.5 | 300* | 1.00** | ||
| C10AB06 | Simfibrate | 1 | 0.0 | 750–1500* | 0.75–1.50** | ||
| C10AB | FIBRATES | 5107 | 33.0 | 198 | 9.3 | ||
| C10AC01 | Colestyramin | 488 | 3.2 | 99 | 4.6 | 16000 | 1.14 |
| C10AC02 | Colestipol | 22 | 1.0 | 20000 | 1.00 | ||
| C10AC03 | Detaxtran | 181 | 1.2 | 2000–3000* | 0.80–1.20** | ||
| C10AC | RESINS | 669 | 4.4 | 121 | 5.6 | ||
| C10AD05 | Nicotinyl alcohol | 4 | 0.2 | 900 | 0.96 | ||
| C10AD06 | Acipimox | 10 | 0.5 | 500 | 1.00 | ||
| C10AD | OTHERS | 14 | 0.7 | ||||
| C10 | 15473 | 100.0 | 2136 | 100.0 |
*
Italian recommendations.
**
DDD created by DURG-Italia, as no information was available from the WHO.