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Short Acting Nitroglycerin
Aka: Short Acting Nitroglycerin, Short Acting Nitrates, Sublingual Nitroglycerin, Nitroglycerin Spray, Nitroglycerin Powder, Glyceryl trinitrate spray, Nitrostat, Nitrolingual Pumpspray, NitroMist, GoNitro
- Indications
- Acute Myocardial Ischemia (Angina Pectoris)
- Exertional or rest Angina
- Precautions
- Do not take more than 3 Nitroglycerin doses in 15 minutes
- Seek immediate attention (call 911):
- Anginal pain not improved after the first Nitroglycerin after 5 minutes
- Preparations
- Nitroglycerin Sublingual (0.15 to 0.6 mg)
- Sublingual 0.4 mg prn Angina up to 3 in 15 minutes
- Costs roughly 40 cents per tablet
- Sublingual tablets are now good until expiration bottle (even after opening)
- Formulation lasts 2 years from manufacture date
- Assumes the bottle is kept capped, at room Temperature
- Older formulations in the distant past needed replacement every 6 months
- Nitroglycerin Spray (0.4 mg/spray)
- Spray 1 prn Angina up to 3 sprays in 15 minutes
- Expensive ($1.50 to $4.50 per spray in 2016)
- Nitroglycerin Powder (single dose packet)
- Open packet and pour under Tongue up to 3 in 15 minutes
- Expensive ($7 per packet in 2016)
- References
- (2016) Presc Lett 23(11)