Pravastatin Tablets For High Cholesterol (10mg, 20mg, 40mg)

Ingredients

The active substance is pravastatin sodium.

The other ingredients are: Microcrystalline cellulose, lactose monohydrate, heavy magnesium oxide, croscarmellose sodium, iron oxide yellow (E172), povidone K30, magnesium stearate.

Warnings

You should not take Pravastatin:

• if you are allergic to pravastatin sodium or any of the other ingredients of this medicine
• if you are pregnant, trying to become pregnant or if you are breast-feeding
• if you have a liver disease (active liver disease)
• if several blood tests have shown abnormal functioning of your liver (increased levels of liver enzymes in the blood).

Check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking your medicine if you have had any medical problems such as:

• kidney disease;
• an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism);
• a liver disease or alcohol problems (drinking large amounts of alcohol);
• muscle disorders caused by a hereditary disease;
• muscle problems caused by another medicine belonging to the statins group (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor drugs) or one belonging to the group known as fibrates