Cilostazol

  • R C Sreekumar Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum; Secretary, IMA Trivandrum.
Keywords: Intermittent claudication, Vasodilator, Antiplatelet, Peripheral vascular disease

Abstract

Cilostazol is used in patients with Peripheral occlusive vascular disease having the discomforting symptom of intermittent claudication. It acts by inhibiting cAMP phospho diesterase III inhibition. It inhibits platelet aggregation and has a direct vasodilatory action. Side effects include headache.

Author Biography

R C Sreekumar, Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum; Secretary, IMA Trivandrum.

Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon

Published
2009-06-29
How to Cite
Sreekumar, R. (2009). Cilostazol. Kerala Medical Journal, 2(2), 61. https://doi.org/10.52314/kmj.2009.v2i2.130
Section
Drug Profile