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What is Nitroglycerin?

Nitroglycerin also known as glyceryl trinitrate is a vasodilator used for rapid relief of chest pain or tightness associated with angina. It is available in tablets, gel, patch, spray, injectable formulations, intravenously for the treatment of congestive heart failure and pulmonary hypertension.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Angina pain 30 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Heart Attack 22 1 Efficacy_slight
Angina pectoris 9 1 Efficacy_moderate
Chest pain 5 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 3 0
Support heart health 3 0

See all 82 patients currently taking Nitroglycerin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 5
Mild
 2
None
 11

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Nitroglycerin

Headaches 7
Nausea 1
Dizziness 1
Headache on right side of head 1
Ventricular Tachycardia 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Nitroglycerin. See all 33 dosages ►

  2% as needed 0.6mg as needed 0.4mg as needed 0.4mg/hr as needed 0.3mg as needed 1mg as needed 2.5mg as needed 0.2 mg daily 0.4 mg daily 4 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 34 Number of Patients: 34 2 Number of Patients: 2 10 Number of Patients: 10 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Nitroglycerin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 46%
Other 3   Other: 23%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 23%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 8%

See all 12 patients who’ve stopped taking Nitroglycerin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Nitroglycerin

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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

Stopped Taking Nitroglycerin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Nitroglycerin

Always
 13 65%
Usually
 1 5%
Sometimes
 5 25%
Never
 1 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Nitroglycerin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 3 15%
A little
 3 15%
Not at all
 14 70%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Nitroglycerin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 13 100%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.