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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 131 23 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypercholesterolemia 27 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 23 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Increased lipids in blood (hyperlipidemia) 9 1 Efficacy_slight
To Lower Cholesterol due to meds 7 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 5 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 227 patients currently taking Pravastatin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 7
Moderate
 3
Mild
 6
None
 27

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

Muscle and joint pain 3
Hair loss 1
Headaches 1
Chest pain 1
Muscle pain 1
Joint stiffness 1
See all 12 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 30 Number of Patients: 30 70 Number of Patients: 70 95 Number of Patients: 95 28 Number of Patients: 28 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 15   Side effects too severe: 45%
Doctor's advice 14   Doctor's advice: 42%
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 15%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 6%
Expense 1   Expense: 3%
Other 1   Other: 3%

See all 33 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
 35 81%
Usually
 5 12%
Sometimes
 1 2%
Never
 2 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Pravastatin

Very
 1 2%
Somewhat
 2 5%
A little
 6 14%
Not at all
 34 79%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Pravastatin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 2 7%
< $25
 27 93%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.