Table 4 Number of patients and prescriptions for simvastatin and atorvastatin at KFSHRC in 2016–2019
Year | Number of patients per drug | Total no of patients (Simvastatin + Atorvastatin + Both) | Total no of prescriptions (Simvastatin + Atorvastatin + Both) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Simvastatin | Atorvastatin | Both | |||
2016 | 7534 | 7436 | 619 | 15,589 | 72,152 |
2017 | 6638 | 8523 | 515 | 15,676 | 66,520 |
2018 | 5830 | 9876 | 375 | 16,081 | 64,973 |
2019 | 5060 | 11,270 | 358 | 16,688 | 69,522 |