Cilostazol
Information about Cilostazol
Cilostazol Uses
Cilostazol is used in the treatment of intermittent claudication. It helps in reducing the symptoms of intermittent claudication like pain, cramping, numbness, or weakness in the legs that occurs on walking.
How Cilostazol works
Cilostazol widens the blood vessels and decreases the stickiness of the platelets, thereby increasing the blood flow to the lower limbs.
Common side effects of Cilostazol
Headache, Palpitations, Abnormal stool, Diarrhea, Dizziness, Chest pain, Loss of appetite, Bleeding, Rash
Available Medicine for Cilostazol
PletozCipla Ltd
₹135 to ₹2692 variant(s)
CilodocLupin Ltd
₹265 to ₹4823 variant(s)
ZilastIpca Laboratories Ltd
₹120 to ₹2412 variant(s)
StozicIntas Pharmaceuticals Ltd
₹119 to ₹1822 variant(s)
CilotabIcon Life Sciences
₹100 to ₹1682 variant(s)
PreclaudOrdain Health Care Global Pvt Ltd
₹1591 variant(s)
Cilesta4Care Lifescience Pvt Ltd
₹95 to ₹1432 variant(s)
PletamegRidhima Biocare
₹89 to ₹1842 variant(s)
KilostaCuris Lifecare
₹991 variant(s)
CilzoBiotics Lab Life Services Private Limited
₹108 to ₹1982 variant(s)
Expert advice for Cilostazol
- Take it at least half an hour before or two hours after breakfast and dinner.
- It may take up to 12 weeks before your symptoms improve. Keep using the medication as directed.
- Consult your doctor, if your symptoms do not improve after 4 weeks of treatment.
- It may cause dizziness. Don't drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how it affects you.
- Do not take it if you have heart failure, persistent chest pain at rest, or have had a heart attack or any heart surgery in the last six months.