Can you take nitroglycerin for high blood pressure?
Question posted by Jo Anne Hanft on 6 Oct 2016
Last updated on 6 October 2016 by masso
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The answer is yes you can.
Nitroglycerin is used in the treatment of angina; high blood pressure; heart attack; anal fissure and fistula; angina pectoris prophylaxis (and more), and belongs to the drug classes antianginal agents, vasodilators. Risk cannot be ruled out during pregnancy. Nitroglycerin is not a controlled substance under the Controlled Substance Act (CSA).
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