Pravastatin Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Pravachol, Apo-Pravastatin
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.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Cholesterol high | 35 |
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4 | ||
| Other | 24 |
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4 | |||
| Support another treatment | 5 |
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2 | |||
| Hyperlipidemia (high lipids) | 4 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Stroke | 1 | 0 |
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Side effects too severe
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3 | 75% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 25% |
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Report created on November 21, 2009.