“…Lactacidosis, ionized calcium, and hyperosmolarity exert a certain concentration-dependent effect, as well as a drastic deterioration of blood flow conditions ; this leads to a vicious circle and finally brings microcirculation to a standstill until cytolysis occurs. [1][2][3]5,6,9,37 In the occurrence of rest pain it is the aim of every conservative therapy to finally improve the metabolic situation with elimination of tissue acidosis and recovery toward at least a short pain-free walking distance.45 The clinical effect in patients suffering from rest pain has been proved only for prostaglandin E, in recently conducted extensive studies . 46,47 The selected reference substance bencyclan, like prostaglandin E, , has strong vasodilating properties acting mainly on the arteriolar musculature35; it leads to an improvement of blood flow conditions, especially under lactacidotic and hyperosmolaric stress conditions, as they locally occur in patients with rest pain.…”