Pravastatin's Hold on Southern States Weakens

Both searches and fills for pravastatin in the South are going down. Overall, pravastatin use is falling nationally, too.

This chart depicts the relative regional popularity of pravastatin and Pravachol compared to the national average. Pravastatin fills in the South in 2020 were 3.0 percentage points higher than the national average for pravastatin in 2020.

Search data shown includes summed nationwide searches for pravastatin and Pravachol based on analysis of data from Google Trends. Prescription fills are based on data from CMS Medicare Part D Prescription Drug program claims, which only have data available until 2020. Fill data shown includes summed nationwide fills for pravastatin and Pravachol. Southern states include states in the West South Central (OK, AK, TX, LA), the East South Central (KY, TN, MS, AL), and the South Atlantic (DC, MD, DE, WV, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL).