Pletal and Tikosyn

• Generic Name: cilostazol
• Dosage Forms: tablet
• Other Brand Names: Pletal

Pletal is a vasodilator that works by relaxing the muscles in your blood vessels to help them dilate (widen). This medicine dilates arteries that supply blood to your legs. This medicine also improves circulation by keeping platelets in the blood from sticking together and clotting.

Pletal is used to treat the symptoms of intermittent claudication. This condition causes reduced blood flow to the legs, leading to pain while walking. This medicine improves your ability to walk longer distances without pain.

Pletal may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: dofetilide
• Dosage Forms: capsule
• Other Brand Names: Tikosyn

Tikosyn is a heart rhythm medicine, also called an antiarrhythmic.

Tikosyn is used to help keep the heart beating normally in people with certain heart rhythm disorders of the atrium (the upper chambers of the heart that allow blood to flow into the heart). This medicine is used in people with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter.

Tikosyn may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.