For Vascular Pain @ (NAPSA)—It can strike you while you’re walking—a distinct pain or cramping in your calf. You stop for a few moments and the pain goes away. You continue on and the pain comes back. You chalk it up to arthritis or getting older, but medical experts agree that it needs to get checked out. It could be Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), a serious condi- tion that afflicts 14-18 million Americans. Similar to blocked blood vessels in the heart or brain that lead to heart disease or a stroke, blockages that occur in the legs, from atherosclerotic plaque left untreated, can be deadly. “PAD is vastly underap- preciated, despite its alarming mortality rates,” said Isaac Eliaz, M.D. “Fortunately,it is treatable.” Recently, a meta-analysis of 19 published studies and clinical trials of a Tibetan herbal product called Padma Basic concluded that the preparation is safe and effective at providing significant relief for PAD. Current FDA approved drugs have shown some limited benefit to treating PAD, but often the side effects make such treatments undesirable. “This is excellent news for PAD patients and their physicians,” said Mark Blumenthal, Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit American Botani- cal Council. Padma Basic is available online from www.econugenics.com or by calling (800) 308-5518.
