SN instructed patient about drug Cilostazol, trade nam
e: Pletal. Is a m
edication for the treatm
ent of interm
ittent claudication (pain
in your calves when walking), a condition caused by narrowing of the arteries that supply the legs with blood. Patients with interm
ittent claudication develop pain
when they walk because not enough oxygen-containing blood reaches the active leg m
uscles. Cilostazol reduces the pain
of interm
ittent claudication by dilating the arteries, thereby im
proving the flow of blood and oxygen to the legs. It also reduces the ability of blood to clot. Cilostazol enables patients with interm
ittent claudication to walk longer and faster before developing pain
. Cilostazol is a quinolinone-derivative m
edication that inhibits platelet aggregation and is a direct arterial vasodilator. Its m
ain effects are dilation of the arteries supplying blood to the legs and decreasing platelet coagulation. Do not stop taking this m
edication without talking to your doctor.