Pravastatin User Reviews & Ratings (Page 3)

• Mel...
• March 12, 2021

For High Cholesterol "Started Pravastatin 20 mg, gosh, around 2-3 years ago due to high cholesterol. It brought my cholesterol right down to brilliant, however, around 2 years ago, I developed severe breast pain, which is mainly on my left side but does affect both breasts. Blood tests are always fine, CT scan fine, menopause test, and I'm not menopausal, and mammogram also fine. My GP was at a loss about what it is! (useless) They asked another GP, one who's never even seen me, it was passed back to my GP to tell me it's mastalgia!! To take evening primrose and vitamin B complex/compound, all of which I have to buy at £6.50 each with no luck. Yesterday, I purchased vitamin E as that's supposed to help, as no pain reliever touches it. Today, I thought, hmm, I'll look up about statins, and well, it appears statins can cause muscle pain and muscle damage. I've thought the pain is not my actual breasts, it could be the chest wall!! I've stopped taking it, and I'll inform my GP."

• Tin...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• August 3, 2021

For High Cholesterol "July 12. My doctor explained to me, with all examinations due, my body pains were all negative, that my pains were due to pravastatin 40 mg and removed my medication for 30 days. When I have been with this medication 8 years. I am resentful that this medication has given me 3 years of pain and complications. Can this be a claim."

• Pra...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 25, 2022

For High Cholesterol "This is the third statin I have tried. I started with 20 mg a day. My legs, knees, and hips started hurting. It really hurt to walk up and down stairs. I lowered the dose to 10 mg a day. The pain persisted. Now I’m taking 10 mg every other day with CoQ10. I still have a little pain, but it is tolerable. I will take a blood test tomorrow to see if this low dose will help my cholesterol. Fingers crossed."

• Kat...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• May 30, 2023

For High Cholesterol "Decreased my cholesterol from 5-10 to 4-6. It gives me painful joints, but sometimes I miss a day and take lecithin or plant sterol capsules with a low saturated diet. I'm on 10 mg now (half of the 20 mg tablet)."

• Ano...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 22, 2022

For High Cholesterol "I have been taking pravastatin 20 mg for two years. I have been having progressive trouble walking, my neurologist diagnosed idiopathic neuropathy. I had every test the doctor could think of... everything is normal. I went to ENT to see if my ears were causing the unsteadiness. Nope, perfectly normal. My primary care doctor ordered a test for circulation, normal. This is all good news, except I still have gait abnormality and unsteadiness. Primary care sent me to physical therapy. She was very good, but no improvement. She was teaching me how to use a cane and walker."

• Ale...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 18, 2025

For High Cholesterol "Pravastatin lowered my LDL to healthy levels, so it's good in that regard. It did not make any impact on my HDL or triglycerides. The only side effect I encountered was difficulty falling asleep, however, I had this same side effect with Lipitor as well. I also take an SSRI, and both statins seemed to have some sort of interaction with my SSRI, which I think may be the cause of the insomnia. I don't think insomnia is normally a side effect."

• Jen...
• September 9, 2021

For High Cholesterol "My goodness, started this a week ago. Stop, then started again, tight chest. Bad acid, stomach pains. And the deepest headache. Cannot not take another one. So where does it lead me? Hurry. Up, bring the new injection from America, better than pills."

• Ano...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 27, 2025

"Started taking 20 mg pravastatin three months ago. It has helped lower my cholesterol but not my triglycerides. Recently developed random itchy rashes on both legs. Thought they were bug bites, but I kept getting them randomly on my legs daily. Look at the new rashes, and they did not look like bug bites. Unable to sleep at night because they are so itchy and was applying prescribed ointment, Triamcinolone, but did not work. The itchiness is unbearable because rashes are itchy and uncomfortable all day long."

• Gra...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 24, 2025

For High Cholesterol "I have been on pravastatin (1 mg) every other day for close to a year, and it worked well without any side effects, but eventually, it stopped working, and my doctor upped my dose to (2 mg) every other day for the past 2 months. At first, I thought everything was good until I started experiencing upper thigh weakness. I couldn’t wrap my head around why this weakness was happening, it was severe. I couldn’t exercise or walk up and down steps because my thighs felt like they were going to give out on me. I also started having breathlessness and an abnormal amount of tiredness. To be fair, I also have no thyroid and suffer from Psoriatic Arthritis, so I wasn’t thinking pravastatin was causing my weird issues UNTIL the next day when my upper thigh weakness, breathlessness, and weird tiredness went away and then came back when I took the pravastatin again. It’s still crazy that I had zero issues with (1 mg) and a ton of issues with (2 mg). I have failed every statin I’ve been on."

• Anonymous
• December 1, 2010

Pravastatin for High Cholesterol "Medicine was fine at 20mg dose. When my doctor increased the dose to 40mg, I started having increased muscle stiffness, especially in the morning."

• Anonymous
• June 7, 2010

Pravastatin for High Cholesterol "It lowered my cholesterol without any side effects."

• Anonymous
• October 13, 2010

Pravastatin for High Cholesterol "It has done the job in lowering my cholesterol within 3 months."

• gub...
• June 25, 2014

For High Cholesterol "I was on simvastatin and got leg pain. I got switched to pravastatin and am now experiencing shoulder pain and weakness. I plan to see what else I can take."

• Anonymous
• September 23, 2011

For High Cholesterol "Was unable to take Lipitor because of aches and pains it produced but I can take pravastatin okay."

• Luc...
• October 27, 2013

For High Cholesterol "Was on pravastatin for two weeks. Woke up with swelling in the face. Doctor said it was a side effect to stop taking."

• hel...
• August 5, 2013

For High Cholesterol "Elevated my blood sugar level."

• Anonymous
• January 26, 2022

Pravastatin for High Cholesterol "Does anyone experience coughing and wheezing issues with Pravachol?"

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 30, 2016

Pravastatin for High Cholesterol "Experienced joint stiffness, muscle weakness."

• Doc...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 9, 2019

For High Cholesterol "Pravastatin put me in the ER with horrible stomach pains twice. CVS switched manufacturers and did not tell me. The Accord brand of pravastatin tore up my stomach and intestines."

• bog...
• January 15, 2012

For High Cholesterol "It works just fine with no side effects."

• Bob...
• April 15, 2018

Pravastatin for High Cholesterol "It appears to work for my situation."

• Lis...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• February 27, 2018

For High Cholesterol "At 20 mg, no issues, when the dose went up to 40 mg, bad headaches, severe leg pain, upper thighs."

• sst...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 18, 2017

For High Cholesterol "I ache badly from this medicine. Like a giant toothache. I can barely sleep at night since I started taking it."

• gww...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• December 1, 2016

For High Cholesterol "This is the second statin I've taken, and it too produces a lot of lower back pain, which I've had to endure. Exercise and stretching help, but it's still there."

• dog...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• February 9, 2017

Pravastatin for High Cholesterol "Does the job. Lowered my cholesterol to normal levels."