Varithena foam is now fda approved for varicose veins. is it too new on the market if it was presented to you as your treatment by a phlebologist?

I will wait: It is very promising but I am usually conservative wait until I see the pros and cons and see potential complication and side effect I still using old fashion sclerosing agent

Not new: Varithena is the brand name for Polidocanol in a foam presentation approved by the FDA on November 2013 for the treatment of varicose veins. Polidocanol has being used as a sclerosant in the US for years, however it was only approved until recently in a liquid presentation for the treatment of varicose veins.

Not too new: Although Varithena was fairly recently approved by the FDA, it is not a new therapy or a new drug. Varithena uses a drug called Polidocanol, which has been used as foam in Europe for decades with good success for varicose vein treatments. Polidocanol was also approved in liquid form in the USA years ago. Varithena is unique in that it is FDA approved in a foam consistency rather than liquid.

Varithena: Varithena is an FDA approved foam made from policocanol. It has been FDA approved for at least 3 years now and is approved to treat the great, small and accessory saphenous veins as well as varicose veins. I have incorporated it into my armentarium of vein treatment but I use it not as a primary source of treatment but rather to treat open vein segments especially in redo saphenous vein problems.