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 (and other statins) are not always stopped immediately when liver function tests show abnormalities. Two liver enzymes in particular (alanine aminotransferase or ALT, and aspartate aminotransferase or AST) may be mildly elevated, but it is safe to continue treatment unless they rise by three times the upper limit of normal.