La autora declara no tener ningún tipo de interés económico o comercial. RESUMENLa insuficiencia venosa crónica es una enfermedad común asociada con un gran impacto socioeconómico y a un deterioro significativo de la calidad de vida del paciente.Actualmente, el tratamiento de referencia son las medias de compresión, sin embargo a menudo causa malestar y una baja adhesividad al tratamiento por lo que se deben tener en cuenta otras alternativas terapéuticas.Existen diversos fármacos de síntesis para el tratamiento de la insuficiencia venosa crónica. Sin embargo, debido a la cada vez mayor demanda de los pacientes de tratamientos de Fitoterapia y al elevado uso que se viene haciendo en Europa del castaño de indias para el tratamiento de esta patología, se ha considerado relevante ofrecer una pequeña revisión actualizada de los principales aspectos farmacoterapéuticos del extracto de semillas de castaña de indias, cuyo compuesto responsable de la activad farmacológica es la mezcla de saponinas triterpénicas conocida como aescina o escina. Palabras clave: insuficiencia venosa crónica; Fitoterapia; extracto de semillas de castaña de indias; aescina. ABSTRACTChronic venous insufficiency is a common disease associated with a large economic impact and a significant deterioration in the quality of life of patients.Currently, the standard treatment are compression stockings, however this often causes discomfort and a low adhesion to the treatment so other therapies should be considered.Nowadays, various synthetic drugs for the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency are available. However, due to increasing demand from patients for phythoterapy treatments and the high use that has been done in Europe of horse chestnut for treating this condition, it was considered important to provide a brief review of the main current pharmacotherapeutic aspects of the of horse chestnut seeds extract, which compound responsible for the pharmacological activity is the mixture of triterpene saponins known as aescin or escin.
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