Pitavastatin Calcium Tablets work by lowering cholesterol, which leads to plaque stabilization. The specific use of the drug should follow the doctor’s instructions. Pitavastatin is a kind of statin drug, by antagonizing the rate-limiting enzyme of cholesterol synthesis, lowering cholesterol in the blood, so as to achieve the adjustment of blood lipids, lowering the body’s low-density lipoproteins, raising the body’s high-density lipoproteins, and stabilizing or reversing plaques. It is used for secondary prevention of hypercholesterolemia and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk groups. Common adverse reactions include abdominal pain, constipation, elevated transaminases. Note that it should be used with caution in liver disease, alcoholics, and renal disease; it should be used with caution in patients who are taking beta and nicotinic acid drugs, hypothyroidism, and hereditary myopathies. The use of the drug needs to be in the professional physician guide line, do not self-medication, to avoid adverse reactions, it is recommended that usually low-salt and low-fat diet, appropriate exercise, maintain good habits.