[Possibilities and limits of pharmacotherapy of chronic venous insufficiency]

The conservative therapy of the chronic venous insufficiency is always carried out with etiopathogenetic orientation and according to the stages of disease. Of the medicamentous therapy oedema-protective and vein-tonicising drugs, oral anticoagulants and non-steroidal antiphlogistics are discussed. Furthermore, the alternative and supplementary prescription of physiotherapy and movement cure depending on findings is dealt with.