trade name: Trental; drug class: hemorrheologic agent; action: decreased blood viscosity, stimulates prostacyclin formation, increases blood flow by increasing flexibility of red blood cells (RBCs), decreased RBC hyperaggregation, reduces platelet aggregation, decreases fibrinogen concentration; uses: intermittent claudication related to chronic occlusive vascular disease.

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