Dr. Gordon Ewy answers the question: 'How Does Nitroglycerin Work?' — -- Question: How does nitroglycerin work, when is it used, and why is it placed under the tongue? Answer: Nitroglycerin is ...

For more than 130 years, doctors have prescribed nitroglycerin for relief of chest pain without a clear knowledge of how it actually worked. Now, not only have researchers from Howard Hughes Medical ...

Shanghai, China - Chinese researchers have identified a common genetic mutation in Asians that reduces responsiveness to nitroglycerin [1]. The mutation, found in mitochondrial aldehyde ...

Dr. Deepak Bhatt answers the question: 'Why Do I Get Nitroglycerin Headaches?' — -- Question: Why do I get a headache when I take my nitroglycerin? Answer: A fair number of patients who take ...

November 4, 2011 (Stanford, California) — It is well-known that continuous infusion of nitroglycerin induces tolerance in terms of its vasodilating effects, but a team of researchers from Stanford ...

Do you know whether to take your nitroglycerin tablets before, during, or after chest pain? And are there times when you shouldn’t take it at all? Nitroglycerin helps widen the blood vessels so more ...

Nitroglycerin’s talent for opening blood vessels, now frequently exploited by doctors treating people with angina or heart failure, was first observed in the 1860s when physicians studied side effects ...

For the last month, Nadia Awad, PharmD, and her ED team at Somerset Medical Center in New Jersey have struggled with a shortage of nitroglycerin. "IV nitroglycerin is really our workhorse for ...

When given for hours as a continuous dose, the heart medication nitroglycerin backfires -- increasing the severity of subsequent heart attacks, according to a study of the compound in rats. When given ...

Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Continuous transdermal nitroglycerin did not lead to sustained ...