Cilostazol: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Cilostazol is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Tablet
- Sold as
- Pletal
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
- What the pharmacy pays
- about $4 for a 30-count supply — not your price
Every cilostazol product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Pletal.
What cilostazol pills look like
Imprint codes, colour and shape from the FDA’s labelling data. Match the imprint on your pill — or search any imprint.
| Imprint | Strength | Colour | Shape | Maker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APO;CIL;100 | 100 mg | white | round | — |
| APO;CIL;50 | 50 mg | white | round | — |
| APO;CIL;100 | 100 mg | white | round | — |
| YH205 | 50 mg | white | round | — |
| YH210 | 100 mg | white | round | — |
| APO;CIL;50 | 50 mg | white | round | — |
| APO;CIL;100 | 100 mg | white | round | — |
| CE;290 | 50 mg | white | round | — |
| CE;291 | 100 mg | white | round | — |
What people report to the FDA about cilostazol
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 6,400 reports naming cilostazol, and the FDA flagged 82% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- diarrhoea331 reports
- fall245 reports
- pneumonia244 reports
- dyspnoea226 reports
- nausea225 reports
- anaemia196 reports
- asthenia193 reports
- dizziness192 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean cilostazol caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take cilostazol with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run cilostazol against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does cilostazol come in?
Across the brands we track, cilostazol is currently marketed as tablet, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic cilostazol?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled cilostazol product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
Cite this page
- APA
- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Cilostazol: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/cilostazol
- MLA
- “Cilostazol: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/cilostazol.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for cilostazol on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.