The Efficiency of Magnesium Supplements for the Symptomatic Relief of Patients with Superficial Venous Reflux Disease

Objectives: Patients with superficial venous reflux disease admit to the outpatient clinics with a wide range of symptoms.Although none of the marketed medications disappear the varicosities, they are helpful to relieve the symptoms of the patients to a certain degree.We investigated the influence of the addition of magnesium oxide (MO) to the standard symptomatic treatment of patients with superficial venous reflux disease. Materials and Methods:Thirty-two consecutive patients who were diagnosed with chronic superficial venous reflux disease were randomly divided into 2 groups.The first group (n=16) was treated with a Horse chestnut seed extract