Why the study?
Does simvastatin 40 mg or 20 mg daily cause sleep disturbance in patients at increased risk of coronary heart disease?
Does simvastatin 40 mg or 20 mg daily cause sleep disturbance in patients at increased risk of coronary heart disease?
Prolonged simvastatin therapy does not adversely affect sleep quality or duration in patients at increased risk of coronary heart disease.
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Simvastatin can be prescribed without sleep-related caveats in high CHD-risk patients; reinforces neutral effect on sleep from prior data.
Keech et al. (1996) studied this question.
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