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What Are The Side Effects Of Prevasatin?
My doctor wants me to take prevasatin. My total choles. is 241/79 HDL/62 Tri./150 LDL. My familly history is my Dad has heart problems, but is 86. My Mom just got high blood pressure and a-fib, but is 81. I have heard of bad side effects from this medication. Should I try it or go another route?
Fri, 3 Jan 2020
Hello,
Let me tell you that every medicine has it's side effects but a doctor always weighs the benefits against the risks before prescribing a drug.
I'd also like to add that pravastatin also has side effects and all these are non-specific and benefits are much more so you should take it as advised.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Prabhash Verma, General & Family Physician
Let me tell you that every medicine has it's side effects but a doctor always weighs the benefits against the risks before prescribing a drug.
I'd also like to add that pravastatin also has side effects and all these are non-specific and benefits are much more so you should take it as advised.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Prabhash Verma, General & Family Physician
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