"Pravastatin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An antilipemic fungal metabolite isolated from cultures of Nocardia autotrophica. It acts as a competitive inhibitor of HMG CoA reductase (HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES).
| Descriptor ID |
D017035
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.638.930 D04.615.638.930
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| Concept/Terms |
Pravachol- Pravachol
- Elisor
- Selektine
- Lipostat
- Pravacol
- Pravasin
SQ-31000- SQ-31000
- SQ 31000
- SQ31000
- SQ-31,000
- SQ 31,000
- SQ31,000
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pravastatin" by people in Profiles.
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Shah KS, Marston NA, Mueller C, Neath SX, Christenson RH, McCord J, Nowak RM, Vilke GM, Daniels LB, Hollander JE, Apple FS, Cannon CM, Nagurney J, Schreiber D, deFilippi C, Hogan CJ, Diercks DB, Limkakeng A, Anand IS, Wu AH, Clopton P, Jaffe AS, Peacock WF, Maisel AS. Midregional proadrenomedullin predicts mortality and major adverse cardiac events in patients presenting with chest pain: results from the CHOPIN trial. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 May; 22(5):554-63.
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van den Berg-Wolf M, Klibanov OM, Gaughan JP, Tedaldi EM. Ezetimibe combined with low-dose statin effectively lowers LDL in protease inhibitor treated patients. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2008 Jun; 22(6):483-8.
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Shepherd J, Hunninghake DB, Barter P, McKenney JM, Hutchinson HG. Guidelines for lowering lipids to reduce coronary artery disease risk: a comparison of rosuvastatin with atorvastatin, pravastatin, and simvastatin for achieving lipid-lowering goals. 2003. Atheroscler Suppl. 2004 Oct; 5(3):115-23.
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Vidt DG, Cressman MD, Harris S, Pears JS, Hutchinson HG. Rosuvastatin-induced arrest in progression of renal disease. Cardiology. 2004; 102(1):52-60.
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Shepherd J, Hunninghake DB, Barter P, McKenney JM, Hutchinson HG. Guidelines for lowering lipids to reduce coronary artery disease risk: a comparison of rosuvastatin with atorvastatin, pravastatin, and simvastatin for achieving lipid-lowering goals. Am J Cardiol. 2003 Mar 06; 91(5A):11C-17C; discussion 17C-19C.
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Brown WV, Bays HE, Hassman DR, McKenney J, Chitra R, Hutchinson H, Miller E. Efficacy and safety of rosuvastatin compared with pravastatin and simvastatin in patients with hypercholesterolemia: a randomized, double-blind, 52-week trial. Am Heart J. 2002 Dec; 144(6):1036-43.