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What is Nitroglycerin Topical?

Nitroglycerin, usually available as an ointment, is used as a topical application for the prevention and treatment of angina. It is also used off-label to treat anal fissures.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Raynaud's phenomenon 2 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 2

Reported Dosages

  1other as needed 2 g daily 6 g daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

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Currently Taking Nitroglycerin Topical

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Nitroglycerin Topical

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 2 100%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Nitroglycerin Topical

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 50%
A little
 1 50%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Nitroglycerin Topical

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.