GTN SPRAY

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Short acting nitrate preparations

GTN tablets or sprays

GTN is commonly used to ease angina pains. Many people who have angina always

carry their GTN spray or tablets with them. You take a dose under your tongue

'as required' when a pain develops. GTN is absorbed quickly into the bloodstream

from under the tongue. A dose works to ease the pain within a minute or so. If

the first dose does not work, take a second dose after five minutes. (If the

pain persists for 15 minutes despite taking GTN, then call an ambulance.)

GTN tablets 'go off' after a few weeks. Therefore, you need a fresh supply of

tablets every eight weeks, and return any unused tablets to the pharmacist. You

may prefer to use a GTN spray which has a much longer shelf life than tablets.

Some people with angina take a GTN tablet or a spray before certain types of

exercise. For example, before climbing stairs. They know a pain is likely to

develop with the exercise, but a dose of GTN is likely to prevent it.

Isosorbide dinitrate

This is sometimes used as an alternative to GTN to ease angina pains when they

develop. Again, it comes in tablet and spray form.

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