This clinical course describes principles and procedure for performing clinical lab tests for carbohydrates lipids, proteins, heme derivatives, enzymes, liver function, urinalysis, spinal fluid, electrolytes, acid-base blood gases, therapeutic drug monitoring, toxicology, endocrine systems, and trace elements.
Stop taking pravastatin and call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects: 1  unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness; 2  confusion, memory problems; 3  fever, unusual tiredness, and dark colored urine;
Pravastatin is used for treating high cholesterol in people who cannot lower cholesterol through lifestyle changes. Pravastatin can lower total cholesterol and LDL (bad cholesterol), as well as increase HDL (good cholesterol). Pravastatin has also been shown to lower triglyceride levels in the blood.