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Table 1 Mean prescribed daily dose (PDD) in milligrams of the different statins in three Norwegian counties1. Norwegian Prescription Database 2004

From: Aspects of statin prescribing in Norwegian counties with high, average and low statin consumption – an individual-level prescription database study

Statin substance (C10AA)

DDD2

High-c county (Hedmark) mg

Average-c county (Oppland) mg

Low-c county (Troms) mg

Simvastatin (C10AA01)

15

25.9

24.0

22.5

Lovastatin (C10AA02)

30

31.8

30.3

28.2

Pravastatin (C10AA03)

20

32.1

32.1

32.3

Fluvastatin (C10AA04)

40

60.9

58.7

57.3

Atorvastatin (C10AA05)

10

21.9

19.8

18.0

  1. High-c county: abbreviation for high-consumption county
  2. 1Mean PDD: calculated for all statins from the total volume dispensed in milligrams divided by the total number of dispensed tablets
  3. 2The official DDD assigned by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology, Oslo, Norway [10].