What are Cilostazol Tablets for?
Cilostazol Tablets may improve the symptoms of patients with a medical condition called intermittent claudication. What is intermittent claudication? Intermittent claudication is pain in the legs that occurs with walking and disappears with rest. It occurs because narrowing or blockage of the arteries decreases blood flow to the legs. The decreased blood flow does not supply enough oxygen to the leg muscles during walking, resulting in these painful leg cramps. What treatments are available for intermittent claudication? The three main treatments available for intermittent claudication are: • Exercise. Your doctor may advise an exercise program. • Medication. Your doctor may prescribe a medication such as Cilostazol Tablets. (See Who should not take CilostazolTablets?) • Surgery. Your doctor may recommend a surgical procedure to bypass the blocked segment of the artery. Another procedure is called a percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. In this procedure, a catheter (a flexible tube)
