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Overview: Rectal nitroglycerin is an ointment that is used on the skin in your anal region to reduce pain in that area caused by a skin tear. The most common side effect of rectal nitroglycerin is a ...

An inexpensive ointment might lead to a new approach to treating osteoporosis, according to results from a randomized trial in healthy postmenopausal women. “We found that, compared to women receiving ...

Continuous transdermal nitroglycerin did not lead to sustained improvements in hot flashes for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, the randomized FRAN trial showed. Over 5 weeks, the estimated ...

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 ...

Though nitroglycerin has been used as a heart medication for over 100 years, scientists have only just recently started looking at it in the lab In an ironic twist, researchers report that the classic ...

Dr. Mehra answers the question: 'Safety Of Viagra, Nitroglycerin, Angina?' — -- Question: If I get an attack of angina during sexual intercourse and I have taken Viagra within the last 24 hours, ...

Ascanio Sobrero, born on this day in 1812, invented nitroglycerin. He just didn’t see any use for it—even though it became, in the hands of Alfred Nobel—yes, that Nobel—the active ingredient in ...

Emergency departments across the United States are facing a shortage of intravenous nitroglycerin, a drug commonly used to treat heart complications. Here are six alternatives to intravenous ...

What is nitroglycerin used for? Nitroglycerin is commonly used to treat and prevent chest pain caused by a type of heart disease (coronary artery disease). Nitroglycerin may also be used for other ...