Pravastatin 20 mg vs 40 mg

Dosage

In adults, the usual dose is 10mg to 40mg once a day.

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Your dose depends on why you need the medicine, your cholesterol levels and other medicines you may already be taking.

Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice if you're unsure how much to take. Do not reduce your dose without talking to your doctor first.

Doses for children

The doctor will work out the dose that is right for your child.

This will depend on their age and why they need pravastatin.

The usual starting dose of pravastatin in children is 10mg taken in the evening. This dose may be increased to a maximum of 40mg taken in the evening depending on your child’s age.

How to take it

Take pravastatin once a day in the evening.

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It's better to take pravastatin at night because this is when your body makes most of its cholesterol. There is some evidence that pravastatin works better at lowering cholesterol if you take it in the evening rather than in the morning.

Pravastatin does not upset the stomach, so you can take it with or without food.

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