Circulatory stimulants

The blood circulation-enhancing agents or corresponding drugs include a number of chemically different substances, which are also different both in their application ( perorally , externally) and in their effect. The term circulation-promoting agents is not without problems and actually too narrow.

Are used:

• vasoactive substances from the group of β-sympathomimetics
• vasoactive substances from the group of α-sympatholytics
• Nicotinic acid and its derivatives

For the treatment of cerebral and peripheral circulatory disorders:

• Bencyclan
• Cyclandelate
• Naftidrofuryl
• Pentoxifylline

The following are also used for sore muscles , lumbago , rheumatism and osteoarthritis :

• Rubbing alcohol (partly with camphor and menthol content )
• Mountain pine oil
• Spruce needle oils
• Capsaicin (patch with cayenne pepper extracts )
• Arnica preparations (ointments and oils)
• Ginkgo supplements
• Common horse chestnut (ointment)

See also

• Hyperemia

literature

• Michaela Beer, Christine Hartmann: Over-the-counter pharmaceuticals in retail: Passing the Chamber of Industry and Commerce examination with certainty. Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-10281-3 , p. 54.
• Rudolf Hänsel: Phytopharmaka: Basics and Practice. Springer, Berlin / New York 1991, ISBN 3-540-50953-4 , pp. 59 ff.
• Andreas Hummel: Pharmacy. Vincentz Network, 2004, ISBN 3-87870-482-8 , p. 421 ff.
• Heinz Lüllmann, Klaus Mohr, Lutz Hein: Pharmacology and toxicology: Understanding the effects of drugs - using drugs in a targeted manner. A textbook for students of medicine, pharmacy and life sciences, a source of information for doctors, pharmacists and health policymakers. Thieme, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-13-368517-7 , p. 171 ff.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hansel: Phytopharmaka: Basics and Practice. P. 59
2. ↑ Lüllmann et al .: Pharmacology and toxicology: Understanding drug effects - using drugs in a targeted manner. P. 171.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Lüllmann et al .: Pharmacology and toxicology: Understanding drug effects - using drugs in a targeted manner. P. 171 ff.
4. ↑ Beer et al .: Over-the-counter drugs in retail. P. 54.
5. ↑ Hansel: Phytopharmaka: Basics and Practice. P. 59 ff.
6. ↑ cf. Lüllmann et al .: Pharmacology and toxicology: Understanding drug effects - using drugs in a targeted manner. P. 185 ff.
7. ↑ Andreas Hummel: Drug theory. P. 423.

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