Self-medication for varicose veins is the most popular method of therapy. The Internet is full of wonderful recipes for apple cider vinegar, leeches and other magical technologies, and our fellow citizens willingly believe in this. Varicose veins can now be cured cheaply or even for free by certified specialists, but miracle shamans are still very successful. These are probably remnants of the primitive community system of our ancestors. Only pain can make a person run after a doctor, we will diligently lubricate uncomplicated varicose veins with various nasty things in the hope that one day they will resolve.
Remedy for varicose veins
The majority of people, choosing between surgical treatment of any disease (in our case with varicose veins) and possible non-invasive treatment, be it capsules, varicose veins tablets, gels, ointments, herbs and infusions, will choose the latter, especially ifall screens will broadcast their effectiveness and the futility of any operations. The amount of information about stunning patients can be judged by the number of ads for pills and creams for varicose veins on all federal channels, where happy girls run easily after smearing their healthy legs with a miracle cream or taking miracle pills.
Are the representatives of pharmaceutical companies and various traditional healers so honest and how effective are all these miraculous medicines?
The goal of drug therapy for venous pathology is to reduce symptoms and prevent complications, but achieving these goals is not easy. Today, the abundance of tools that can be applied has raised another problem: which one to choose? However, almost any medicine for varicose veins, even with a high rating, is not effective enough, despite the theoretically justified expediency of its use. This is due to many reasons, the main of which is the low absorption of medicinal substances by these drugs from the body. The ideal drugs for varicose veins should act on all pathogenetic links of chronic venous insufficiency, as well as have minimal side effects and high absorption by the body. A large number of phlebotropic drugs are presented on the modern pharmaceutical market. However, the active substances and the active substance they have are similar (plant flavonoids - diosmin) and therefore the effectiveness of one or the other depends only on the concentration and absorption of the active principle. The most popular are tablets against varicose veins and capsules: diosmin, rutoside, gels such as troxevasin and others.
As practice shows, if you take these varicose vein pills, neither varicose veins, nor trophic ulcers, nor spider veins will disappear, moreover, you should not expect that the varicose veins themselves will disappear from these phlebotonics, but the lightness in their legs, reduce swelling and the disappearance of night cramps can be.
List of popular drugs for the treatment of varicose veins with low effectiveness:
- Diosmin;
- Rutoside;
- Troxevasin.
Do gels, decoctions, tablets and ointments help against varicose veins?
It is much easier and cheaper to take a pill, take infusions or apply to inflamed veins, but such effective miracle cures have not yet been invented and long-term results suggest otherwise, but self-hypnosis can work wonders. Whether you throw away money is up to you. The sale of drugs for varicose veins in the legs has become a profitable business for pharmaceutical companies, as varicose veins are a very common disease.
Remedies for varicose veins are always of interest to the proposed patients and because the veins in the initial period of the disease do not worry, patients are afraid of any surgical care. Pharmaceutical companies spend huge sums to convince the public and even doctors that without their pills they are best for varicose veins. Servier has been particularly successful in this, organizing conferences and "research" by buying well-known phlebologists to gain the authority to increase sales of their pills.
There are also folk remedies for "removing" varicose veins:
Soda, mummy, iodine, peroxide, soap, clay, onion, cabbage, propolis and other varicose veins in the most miraculous way can get rid of varicose veins, nets, as well as kidney and gallbladder stones, tumors and gangrene. Ordinary people believe in this nonsense without understanding the causes or consequences of the disease. Thousands of publications on the Internet about magic pills and medicines for varicose veins of the legs cause confusion in the minds of patients.
So, what to do and take for varicose veins?
Before we usually offer you to contact our center, we will tell you about really effective methods that can alleviate the course of the disease.
In this section we suggest to forget about the terribly effective pills that "help" with varicose veins and to remember the traditional and proven methods.
Massage and bath for varicose veins
Massage, unlike many cheap phlebotonics from advertising, is a method for active treatment of varicose veins, helping to prevent swelling, the very elimination of puffiness, fatigue of the lower extremities and reduce general physical fatigue.
The innovative vascular center uses all types of modern massage, especially in pathologies of the lymphatic and venous system. Of the exceptional methods - the technology of lymphatic drainage massage with a bandage, which very effectively relieves chronic venous insufficiency.
In chronic venous insufficiency, massage is used to eliminate venous hypertension in varicose veins and postthrombotic syndrome. The combination of this technology with stripping allows you to effectively eliminate all clinical manifestations of the disease.
Therapeutic massage is a very effective remedy for the symptomatic treatment of varicose veins in the legs, but gives only temporary relief. We use manual lymphatic drainage in patients with severe edema in patients with lymphovenous insufficiency. You do not need to be afraid of "rupture of blood clots" with such treatment, but in case of exacerbation, it should not be used.
But the bath is a completely different matter: with varicose veins, thrombophlebitis of the lower extremities or postthrombotic disease is very dangerous. Any thermal stress can provoke the formation of blood clots in the deep veins carried by the blood flow, with all the ensuing consequences. Dehydration in the bath leads to "thickening" of the blood. Do not expose yourself to unnecessary risks. Varicose veins from the bath will not disappear and thrombophlebitis may occur.
Creams and gels for varicose veins
Despite the high effectiveness promoted by sellers and manufacturers, creams and gels do not bring relief from varicose veins varicose veins do not disappear from them. In the initial stage of venous insufficiency, the doctors conducting the meeting did not strongly object to the use of these supposedly "phlebotropic" drugs, as their rubbing acts as a light massage and promotes venous outflow and has a sedative effect on the skin and vascular walls. In advanced forms of venous insufficiency, these creams and ointments can cause dermatitis and allergies, which is why they are very harmful. Heparin drugs are used in the development of acute thrombophlebitis and help to alleviate the inflammatory process, but varicose veins do not disappear from them. Shamanic products have gained great popularity, thanks to proper advertising with beautiful female legs, among people, but they have nothing to do with drugs, women and even leeches and there is no reason to expect them. And also, regardless of the price, rating or well-known name, no drops will lead to a result, even if absolutely all reviews talk about drops as the best and cheapest drugs in the world, phlebotonics, of which 100% of patients arecured. The best solution would be to contact a good doctor who will prescribe a complete mini-invasive or medical treatment and adjust your lifestyle.
Effective drugs for the prevention of varicose thrombosis
A common complication of varicose veins of the lower extremities is thrombophlebitis, especially during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Low molecular weight heparin is a proven drug for the prevention of vascular thrombi. For the prevention of thrombophlebitis after treatment of varicose veins, our clinic uses tablets Xarelto or Prodax. The course of treatment with pills is 7 days after laser or radiofrequency intervention.
This article is written more as a warning to people who are tired of reading user reviews: "I recently bought cheap pills like pentoxifylline, was treated for two days, 1 tablet a day and every day only gets better - the starsmy legs are gone as well as my fatigue, anti-inflammatory effects and capillary growth are also noted. I recommend to all women, remember the name - pentoxifylline - at such a price there is no better pill to find ", or you waste your energy, time and money using socially accepted lists of drugs with low or unproven effectiveness. The list of tabletsfor varicose veins increases each year, but their active ingredients remain the same. These are diosmin, rutoside, heparin and some others. Only the names are changed to increase sales. Read carefully the composition of these drugs.
It is better to consult a phlebologist and then he as a specialist in higher medical education will conduct a comprehensive examination and prescribe adequate treatment, including drug therapy (the best tablets for disgusting varicose veins), but still the most effective medicinefor varicose veins will be laser coagulation.
Remember that the best medicine for any disease and even varicose veins is an active and healthy lifestyle. Therapeutic exercises, walks in the fresh air strengthen the venous wall better than any pill. Proper work and rest, the use of a raised position to relieve stress from the legs, swimming in the sea and in the pool - these measures are the best preventive and curative means. Do not assume that if the packaging of the tablets says "made from grape leaves", they are no longer chemicals. Why poison yourself with ineffective drugs, if it is impossible to remove varicose veins with their help.