The advantages of pitavastatin include good effect in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, short onset of action, etc. It should be used in accordance with medical advice. 1. Pitavastatin is commonly used in the form of tablets, which belongs to a kind of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, with the effect of lowering blood lipids, inhibiting lipid accumulation and endothelial hypertrophy. It is clinically used in hypercholesterolemia and familial hypercholesterolemia with good effect. 2. Pitavastatin instruction manual points out that the product fasting state 0.8 hours, or 1.8 hours after meals can reach the peak blood concentration, the onset of action time is short. And the bioavailability of the drug is high. 3. Pitavastatin adverse reactions include rhabdomyolysis, myopathy, hepatic dysfunction, thrombocytopenia, interstitial pneumonitis, rash, itching, belching, nausea, headache and so on. 4. The drug is contraindicated for people with a history of allergy to the product, pregnant women, lactating women and other groups. Note that the drug should be used reasonably under the guidance of a doctor, and not blindly on its own.