Intravenous drug therapies
The main use of drugs in critical ischaemia is to improve peripheral perfusion and tissue viability in the short term. The aim is to allow time for a collateral circulation to develop.
All of the drugs used are given intravenously. They include:
- guanethidine
- papaverine
- naftidrofuryl
- prostacycline
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