Dosing With Pravastatin

There are several factors that will help determine your medication dosing. With pravastatin, your healthcare provider will prescribe your dosage based on your age, what you are being treated for, your cholesterol goal, and other factors. The recommended starting dose of pravastatin for most adults is 40 mg once daily. For children ages 8 to 13, the recommended dosage is 20 mg once a day, and for children ages 14 to 18, the suggested starting dose is 40 mg once a day.

 

Dosing With Pravastatin: An Introduction

The dosage of Pravastatin tablets ("pravastatin") that your healthcare provider recommends will vary depending on a number of factors, including:
 
As is always the case, do not adjust your pravastatin dose unless specifically instructed by your healthcare provider to do so.
 

Dosing With Pravastatin for High Cholesterol

The recommended starting dosage of pravastatin for most people with
 high cholesterol is Pravastatin tablets 40 mg once a day, taken at any time during the day.
 
After several weeks, your healthcare provider will recommend that you return to recheck your cholesterol levels. If you have not reached your cholesterol goal at this time, he or she may choose to increase your Pravastatin dosage. The dosage can also be decreased if pravastatin side effects occur. The average daily dosing is Pravastatin tablets 10 mg to Pravastatin tablets 80 mg. The maximum recommended daily dose with pravastatin is 80 mg.
 
If you are over 65 years of age, taking cyclosporine (Gengraf®, Neoral®, Sandimmune®) or danazol (Danocrine®), or have severe kidney or liver disease, your healthcare provider may choose to start you on a lower dose of pravastatin medication, such as pravastatin 10 mg daily.
 
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Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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