II. Indication

III. Mechanism

  1. Reduces maximal anal resting pressure

IV. Dosing

  1. Glyceryl Trinitrate ointment 0.2% bid for 6 weeks

V. Efficacy

  1. Study of 80 patients with Anal Fissures
    1. At 8 weeks, fissures healed in 68% versus 8% Placebo
  2. References
    1. Lund (1997) Lancet 349-11-4 [PubMed]

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Concepts Pharmacologic Substance (T121) , Organic Chemical (T109)
MSH D005996
SnomedCT 71759000, 387623004, 319379008, 387404004
LNC LP18092-4, MTHU003375
English Glyceryl Trinitrate, Nitroglycerin, Trinitrate, Glyceryl, 1,2,3-Propanetriol, trinitrate, Glyceryl trinitr [generic add], nitroglycerin, Glyceryl trinitrate [generic additions], NITROGLYCERIN, 1,2,3-propanetriol trinitrate, nitroglycerin (medication), Nitroglycerin [Chemical/Ingredient], nitroglycerol, nitroglycerine, glyceryl trinitrate, Glyceryl trinitrate (product), Glyceryl trinitrate [generic additions] (product), Glyceryl trinitrate, Nitroglycerol, GTN - Glyceryl trinitrate, Glyceryl trinitrate product, Nitroglycerin (product), Nitroglycerin (substance), Glyceryl trinitrate [generic additions] (substance)
Swedish Nitroglycerin
Czech nitroglycerin, glyceryltrinitrát
Finnish Glyseryylitrinitraatti
French Trinitrate de glycéryle, Trinitrate de glycérol, Trinitroglycérol, Nitroglycérine, Nitroglycérol, Trinitrine, Trinitroglycérine
Russian GLITSERIL TRINITRAT, NITROGLITSERIN, ГЛИЦЕРИЛ ТРИНИТРАТ, НИТРОГЛИЦЕРИН
Japanese トリニトログリセリン, ニトログリセリン, ニトログリセロール
Croatian NITROGLICERIN
Polish Nitrogliceryna, Trójazotan glicerolu, Nitrocard
Spanish trinitrato de glicerilo (agregados genéricos) (producto), trinitrato de glicerilo, trinitrato de glicerilo (producto), trinitrato de glicerilo (agregados genéricos), gliceriltrinitrato, nitroglicerina (producto), nitroglicerina (sustancia), nitroglicerina, nitroglicerol, Nitroglicerina, Trinitrato de Glicerilo
German Glyzerintrinitrat, Nitroglycerin
Italian Nitroglicerina
Portuguese Nitroglicerina, Trinitrato de Gliceril