Venastat to relieve leg swelling due to varicose veins.

March 1998

A new herbal supplement will soon hit the market...Venastat to relieve leg swelling due to varicose veins.

This will be BIG. It's being marketed by the makers of Ginsana and Ginkoba...two of the top-selling herbal products.

Venastat contains horse chestnut seed extract (HCSE).

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Table of Contents

Hear a lot more about homocysteine
Cardiology Unique timed-release verapamil for hypertension or angina.
Cardiology Whether patients can still take erythromycin before dental procedures to prevent bacterial endocarditis.
Airomir, a new salbutamol metered-dose inhaler
Serevent for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
New drug for asthma, Singulair (montelukast)
Venastat to relieve leg swelling due to varicose veins.
Women's Health Topical testosterone for libido
Women's Health Alesse (pronounced "A-less")
Diabetes Warning about which patients shouldn't take metformin (Glucophage)
STIs New STD treatment guidelines.
Neurology & Pain Another new drug for Parkinson's has just hit the market
Neurology & Pain New oral migraine drug called Amerge
Obesity & Weight Loss New obesity drug, Meridia (sibutramine)
Poison Prevention National Poison Prevention Week is this month.
Practice diabetics on calcium blockers might suffer more heart attacks