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 in a group of drugs called HMG CoA reductase inhibitors, or  statins .. Pravastatin reduces levels of bad cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein, or LDL) and triglycerides in the blood, while increasing levels of good cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein, or HDL).Pravastatin is used to lower cholesterol and triglycerides (types of fat) in the blood.ravastatin reduces levels of bad cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein, or LDL) and triglycerides in the blood, while increasing levels of good cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein, or HDL). Pravastatin is used to lower cholesterol and triglycerides (types of fat) in the blood.