Nitroglycerin Uses
Nitroglycerin is used for Chest Pain, Coronary Artery Disease
How Nitroglycerin Works
Nitroglycerin reduces cardiac oxygen demand by decreasing left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and to a lesser extent, systemic vascular resistance. Also increases blood flow through the collateral coronary vessels.
Common side effects of Nitroglycerin
Headache, Dizziness, Syncope, Contact Dermatitis, Rash, Weakness, Orthostatic Hypotension, Nausea, Vomiting, Tachycardia, Flushing, Palpitations, SL Burning, Cutaneous Vasodilation, Hypersensitivity Reactions
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