Pravastatin

Usual Dosing (Adults)

Adults: the recommended starting dose is 40 mg once daily. Use 80 mg dose only for patients not reaching LDL-C goal with 40 mg.

Children (ages 8 to 13 years, inclusive): the recommended starting dose is 20 mg once daily.

Adolescents (ages 14 to 18 years): the recommended starting dose is 40 mg once daily.

Renal Dosing

Impaired Renal Function:
In patients with significant renal impairment, a starting dose of 10 mg daily is recommended.

Hemodialysis

No specific comments in the package insert. See renal dosing above.

Reference(s)

National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine, DailyMed Database.
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