In Switzerland the drug is sold by the pharmaceutical company OM Pharma under the trade name of Doxium in capsules containing 500 mg of active ingredient.

[citation needed] Calcium dobesilate after oral administration is well absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract.

In association with potassium hydrodex-sulfate[citation needed] enters the composition of adjuvant gels in the treatment of varicose veins.

These disorders generally regress with the simple decrease in the dose taken, or with the temporary suspension of the treatment.

The rarity of the latter adverse effect led several authors to conclude that perhaps there could have been methodological errors in risk assessments.