Pravastatin Side Effects (Cont.)

Pravastatin Side Effects to Report

There are a number of side effects with pravastatin that you should report immediately to your healthcare provider. These include, but are not limited to:
 
  • Unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness (especially if you have a fever or feel ill)
  • Nausea or vomiting
  • Stomach pain
  • Passing of brown or dark-colored urine
  • Yellowing of the skin or the whites of the eyes
  • Feeling more tired than usual
  • Itching
  • Unexplained rash.
     

Rare Pravastatin Side Effects

During clinical studies, there were a number of other side effects that occurred in less than 1 percent of people while they were taking pravastatin. For these side effects, it is difficult to tell whether the side effect was caused by the medication itself or something else.
 
Some of these possible side effects include, but are not limited to:
 

Pravastatin Side Effects: Summary

It is possible that you may experience some or none of these pravastatin side effects. Unfortunately, there is no way for your healthcare provider to know beforehand whether you will have side effects from a medicine that you have never tried. Therefore, make sure to let your healthcare provider know if you develop any side effects, or if something "just does not seem right." While it may not be a side effect, your healthcare provider will be able to diagnose and treat the problem.
 
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Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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