Pitavastatin

Name: Pitavastatin Drug Interactions
Creator: Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS

19 interactions 1 explained in plain English

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About Pitavastatin

Pitavastatin is used together with diet, weight-loss, and exercise to reduce the amount of fatty substances such as low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol ('bad cholesterol') in the blood and to increase the amount of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol ('good cholesterol') in adults. Pitavastatin is also use… Read the full Pitavastatin drug information page →

Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Jun 30, 2026 · Editorial policy · Data sources

Sources: FDA prescribing information (Structured Product Labeling), the published literature cited in each entry, DDInter 2.0 (a major open-access drug-interaction database), and legacy DrugBank interaction data distributed by the NIH's RxNav service (decommissioned in 2024) — analyzed and reviewed by our pharmacist team. How we build this library →

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2 Contraindicated 14 Major 3 Moderate

All (19) Contraindicated (2) Major (14) Moderate (3)

Moderate

Pitavastatin Encorafenib Braftovi Increased OATP1B1 substrate exposure, increased OATP1B3 substrate exposure, increased risk of OATP1B1 substrate-related toxicities... Details Pitavastatin Fostemsavir Rukobia Increased exposure of the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor Details Pitavastatin Lanthanum Fosrenol® Reduced statin bioavailability Details

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