Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan dan Ketepatan Penggunaan Obat Simvasatatin Pada Pasien Hiperkolesterolemia di Rumah Sakit Advent Medan

Andre Budi (Program Studi Farmasi Klinis,Universitas Prima Indonesia,Medan Indonesia)
Rike Monika Sijabat (Program Studi Farmasi Klinis,Universitas Prima Indonesia,Medan Indonesia)

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Sciences.
JPS Volume 6 Nomor 2 (2023)

Hypercholesterolemia is a condition when there is a disturbance in the body which is characterized by an increase in blood cholesterol levels exceeding 240 mg/dl. Pharmacological therapy that can be used to lower cholesterol levels is statin class drugs. Simvastatin is a hypercholesterolemia drug that is often used as a first-line drug compared to other statin class drugs. Based on the research that has been done, the results of the correlation test were obtained with a value 0,553, which means that there is a strong correlation between the level of knowledge and the accuracy of using simvastatin.