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Pravachol - monitoring more than 12,000 patients

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What does it do?

This product is primarily used to reduce cholesterol and to reduce cardiovascular risk. It works by blocking an important enzyme (HMG-CoA reductase) used by the body to produce cholesterol.

Last text update: 2010-12-15

Last data update: 2012-01-14

General Information:

7.1: Pravachol Average Satisfaction Score

77% of patients are at least somewhat satisfied with Pravachol.
12% of patients wish they were told more before they started taking Pravachol

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I've taken Pravastatin for several years and have had no (known) side effects. It, in combination with Zetia, has helped lower my overal cholesterol to under 90. My doctor takes blood every quarter to check for any effects to my organs. I'm a type 1 diabetic on insulin and take BP meds too.

65 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2012-01-28 15:51:21

There may be pharmaceutical company employees posting positive comments here about statins. After all, they spend millions and millions on advertising. It would be worth their while to be here - and mediguard could not identify them. Just be careful. Be aware that most doctors are NOT aware of all the side effects (some dangerous) of statin drugs. Having read thousands of patient reports on statins, I would not touch them again for any reason. They interfere in our bodies at mitochondrial level.

61 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2012-01-05 02:37:21

I am highly allergic to pravasitin

71 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2011-12-28 19:15:37

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