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What is Pravastatin?

Pravastatin is an antilipemic agent, also known as a statin drug. With dietary therapy it is used for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular events and to decrease LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels and increase the HDL cholesterol level.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
High Cholesterol 108 21 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypercholesterolemia 23 8 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 22 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Increased lipids in blood (hyperlipidemia) 9 0
To Lower Cholesterol due to meds 7 0
Increase effect of another treatment 5 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 202 patients currently taking Pravastatin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 7
Moderate
 3
Mild
 3
None
 26

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Pravastatin

Muscle and joint pain 3
Headaches 1
Chest pain 1
Muscle pain 1
Muscle spasms 1
Balance worsened 1
See all 9 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  daily 40 mg every other week 30 mg weekly 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 80 mg daily 100 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 29 Number of Patients: 29 65 Number of Patients: 65 83 Number of Patients: 83 22 Number of Patients: 22 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Pravastatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 14   Side effects too severe: 50%
Doctor's advice 11   Doctor's advice: 39%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 14%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 7%
Expense 1   Expense: 4%

See all 28 patients who’ve stopped taking Pravastatin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Pravastatin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Pravastatin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Pravastatin

Always
 31 79%
Usually
 5 13%
Sometimes
 1 3%
Never
 2 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Pravastatin

Very
 1 3%
Somewhat
 2 5%
A little
 6 15%
Not at all
 30 77%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Pravastatin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 2 7%
< $25
 25 93%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.