Pravastatin
statin · lipid-lowering
Our referenceWhat this medicine is for
Pravastatin belongs to the « statin (lipid-lowering) » category. Statins slow down, in the liver, a key enzyme in cholesterol production, which lowers the LDL cholesterol measured in the blood panel. It is a long-term treatment that you feel nothing of day to day, and whose benefit is counted in years.
In the case of Pravastatin, this means: Reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood. It is most often a maintenance treatment, taken at regular times over long periods; its benefit is judged over time, not by how you feel on the day.
Under which brands it is found
In France, about 13 reimbursable presentations containing Pravastatin are recorded. It is found under several brand names and as generics.
- Pravastatine Accord
- Pravastatine Almus
- Pravastatine Arrow
- Pravastatine Biogaran
- Pravastatine Cristers
- Pravastatine Cristers Pharma
- Pravastatine Eg
- Pravastatine Evolugen Pharma
- and other presentations
Original brand-name products and generics deliver the same active substance; the choice between them is made with your doctor or pharmacist.
Our product for this treatment
You take Pravastatin. For people who follow this type of treatment every day, we have designed a dedicated product.
Layer Add Statins
Coenzyme Q10 as ubiquinol, the form the body absorbs.
Ubiquinol 50 mg · Riboflavin 4.2 mg
One bottle, one dose per day. Reduced price from the second box, free delivery from two boxes.
Further reading
The literature on the nutrient
- Bioavailability of Coenzyme Q10: An Overview of the Absorption Process and Subsequent Metabolism
- Effects of Coenzyme Q10 on Statin-Induced Myopathy: An Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
- Effects of coenzyme Q10 supplementation on statin-induced myopathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
These studies concern the nutrient itself, its role, its forms, its bioavailability. They do not concern this medicine and assert no link between it and a nutrient requirement.
Talk about it in the community
Others are on the same treatment and share their daily life: what they feel, their questions, the little routines they set up. You read lived experience here, not recommendations.
Related molecules
To explore in the « Heart and lipids » family and its close relatives.
See the whole « Heart and lipids » family · Back to the atlas