What is it about?

Antioxidant effects of pravastatin, being one of the statins, is associating its hyoplipidemic effect in the evening administration rather than morning administration. Thus dual action of pravastatin could be of benficial clinical impact on hyperlipidemic patients especially who suffering from concommitant diseases related to oxidative stress eg hypertension or diabetes mellitus.

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Why is it important?

Evening administration of one of the widely used statins, pravastatin, is clinically important for the marked improvement of the clinical conditions of the patients.

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This page is a summary of: Effects of single-dose morning and evening administration of pravastatin on antioxidant markers in cholesterol-fed rabbits, Journal of Experimental Pharmacology, May 2011, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.2147/jep.s19449.
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