Cilostazol ( Ecbarl®)a, n antiplatelet drug, has widely been used in chronic arterial occulusive disease. In addition, it has been reported that Ecbar® has another beneficial effect, it selectivery increase blood flow in the vertebro-basilar artery.
The symptoms of vertigo, dizziness or unsteadiness are mainly and closely linked to disorder of the blood flow in the vertebral arteries. In order to examine the clinical effects of this drug, I employed an open trial of 20 elderly patients with dizziness who were administrated Ecbarl®for 4 weeks at 100 mg or 200 mg a day.
Before and after the clinical trial, not only subjective symptoms but also the objective data obtained mainly through the electronystagmo-graphic recordings were examined by statistical procedures.
Both results yielded significantly good without any side effect.
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