What medication works for raynaud's disease?

Vasodilators: Treatment for raynaud's is twofold: 1.Protect hand an feet with warm clothing when exposed to cold weather. 2. Use vasodilators. However, the medication will dilate blood vessels all over the body so its effect on the hand and feet is limited. Other thoughts are to find out if there is an underlying disease causing the symptoms and treat that. As a last resort some have moved to warmer places.

Good medication: Recognizing that the disease is due to spasm of the muscle layer lining the arteries in response to temperature extremes, then using medications that reduce the spasm and promote dilatation would be most beneficial. There are excellent studies using a medication called Pletal (cilostazol) while i agree that there are systemic effects potentially, the benefits of this outweigh the risks.