IT IS A PAPAVERINE LIKE GENERAL SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXANT. IT HAS BEEN CLAIMED TO REDUCE FREQUENCY OF ANGINAL ATTACKAS AND TO IMPORVE CIRCULATION IN PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES. CYCLANDELATE IS MUSCULOTROPIC, ACTING DIRECTLY ON VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE, AND HAS NO SIGNIFICANT ADRENERGIC STIMULATING OR BLOCKING ACTIONS.