Aethoxysklerol 1%

Country: Jordan

Language: English

Source: JFDA (Jordan Food & Drug Administration - المؤسسة العامة للغذاء والدواء)

Active ingredient:

Lauromacrogol 400 (Polidocanol) 1 %

Available from:

مستودع ادوية المتنبي - Almutanabbe Drug Store

ATC code:

C05BB02

INN (International Name):

Lauromacrogol 400 (Polidocanol) 1 %

Dosage:

1%

Units in package:

5 Amp X 2ml

Manufactured by:

Siegfried Hameln GmbH/GERMANY (المانيا)

Patient Information leaflet

Also applicable to foam sclerotherapy:
– in patients with symptoms caused by a known hole in
the atrial septum of the heart (known symptomatic
patent foramen ovale).
TAKE SPECIAL CARE WITH AETHOXYSKLEROL 1%
if the following conditions or diseases are present:
– feverish states
– attacks
of
breathlessness
(bronchial
asthma)
or
marked predisposition to allergies
– very poor general state of health
– spider veins: arterial blood flow problems (occlusive
disease Fontaine stage II)
– swollen legs with accumulation of watery fluid (leg
oedema), if this cannot be influenced by compression
– inflammatory skin disease in the treatment area
– symptoms of a blockage in the small blood vessels and
capillaries e.g. due to diabetes (microangiopathy) or
sensory impairment (neuropathy)
– reduced mobility.
Also applicable to foam sclerotherapy:
– a known hole in the atrial septum of the heart, even if
this causes no signs of disease / is not accompanied by
any symptoms (known asymptomatic patent foramen
ovale)
– history of impaired eyesight, mood disorders or nerve
dysfunction
(visual,
psychiatric
or
neurological
symptoms) after previous foam sclerotherapy.
USING OTHER MEDICINES
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or
using, or have recently taken or used, any other medicines,
including medicines obtained without a prescription.
The effect of the following medicines or groups of medicines
may be influenced if used at the same time as treatment
with Aethoxysklerol 1%.
1.  WHAT AETHOXYSKLEROL 1% IS AND WHAT IT IS
USED FOR
Different concentrations of Aethoxysklerol are required,
depending on the size of the varicose veins (varices) to be
obliterated (sclerosed).
Aethoxysklerol 1% is used as a liquid for sclerotherapy
of central veins of spider veins, web-like varicose veins
(reticular varices) and small varicose veins (varices) and
as a foam for sclerotherapy of small varicose veins.
When several concentrations are listed as treatment, the
vein diameter and the patient’s individual situat