Pitavastatin Bests Pravastatin In HIV+ Adults with Dyslipidemia (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Trial showed superiority in lowering LDL (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 17, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Pravastatin Does Not Improve Survival in Small - Cell Lung Cancer
Median overall survival of 10.6 versus 10.7 months for pravastatin versus placebo added to chemo (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - March 2, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Internal Medicine, Oncology, Pharmacy, Pulmonology, Journal, Source Type: news
Pravastatin Shows Promise in Pregnant Women With Antiphospholipid Syndrome Pravastatin Shows Promise in Pregnant Women With Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Pravastatin may improve pregnancy outcomes in women with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) refractory to standard antithrombotic therapy, a new study suggests.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
Pravachol (Pravastatin Sodium) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - July 25, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Progeria triple-therapy findings ‘disappointing’
Pravastatin and zoledronic acid provide no additional clinically relevant benefit to lonafarnib monotherapy for patients with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, study findings indicate. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - July 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Lupus Lipids Improve With Combo Tx (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Treatment with pravastatin and ezetimibe also benefited endothelial function (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 12, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
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Title: pravastatin, Pravigard PAC (discontinued)Category: MedicationsCreated: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 10/9/2015 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - October 9, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Pravastatin Shows Promise for Treating Severe PreeclampsiaPravastatin Shows Promise for Treating Severe Preeclampsia
Pravastatin reduces markers of endothelial dysfunction in vitro and stabilizes blood pressure in women with severe preeclampsia, according to a new pilot study. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines)
Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines - August 10, 2015 Category: OBGYN Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
Pravastatin could save pregnant women from potentially fatal high blood pressure
Experts, including researchers at Aston University in Birmingham, hope the discovery will lead to a new treatment for pre-eclampsia, which is linked to one in 20 stillbirths. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Synthetic biology breakthrough leads to cheaper statin production
Researchers have developed a single-step fermentative method for the production of leading cholesterol-lowering drug, pravastatin, which will facilitate industrial-scale statin drug production. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 27, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Mixed Results for Low-Dose Statin in Second Stroke
(MedPage Today) -- Pravastatin didn't reduce incidence of recurrent stroke, but did offer other benefits. (Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics - February 16, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
WOSCOPS at 20 Years Shows 'Lifetime' Benefit of StatinsWOSCOPS at 20 Years Shows 'Lifetime' Benefit of Statins
Pravastatin benefits in the first 5 years seemed to produce "lifetime" CHD risk reductions, say investigators. There were also welcome insights about one of the nagging concerns over statin therapy. Heartwire (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - November 20, 2014 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Statins given early decrease progression of kidney disease
(University of Colorado Denver) Results from a study by University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers show that pravastatin, a medicine widely used for treatment of high cholesterol, also slows down the growth of kidney cysts in children and young adults with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 8, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news
New guidelines for taking cholesterol-lowering drugs target cardiovascular risk, not cholesterol level
For years, doctors prescribed the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins based largely on cholesterol test results. But new guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology propose a major change to that strategy, reports the February 2014 Harvard Heart Letter.
"The new guidelines shift away from a target-driven approach to a risk-driven approach," says Dr. Reena Pande, a cardiologist at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital and an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. Instead of striving to reach a specific cholesterol value, doctors should consider a person'...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - January 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is your statin affecting your memory? Study finds some common brands can affect brain function
Researchers at the University of Bristol found that Pravastatin (or Pravachol) has adverse effects on memory but that Lipitor has no effect. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
