what is glyceryl trinitrate? can any pharmacist help me out.?
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Glyceryl Trinitrate or GTN is available as patch's, sprays, sublingual tablet and ointments.\nIt is used in the treatment of Angina, which in a nutshell, is caused by constriction of the blood vessels and so results in the heart being starved of oxygen and effecively going into cramp. It is unlikely that your mother is having a heart attack probably an ECG has shown that she may need some drug help treat her angina and prevent the heart attack that can occur if it is not treated.\nGTN is related Trinitrotoluene (TNT) and is helpful in circulatory conditions because it causes a rapid expansion of the blood vessels allowing the blood to flow easier. It does this effecting specific enzymatic pathways responsible for controlling the diameter of a blood vessel.\nSide effects include dizziness, weakness and headache due to the rapid drop in blood pressure as the vessels open up. However these pass very quickly and the patient becomes resistant to them over time.\n\nI don't know if you will find this story humerous. But when I worked in hospital ( I was very green then) I had a paramedic recount to me a story about a man they gave an electric shock (Defib) to restart his heart. Unknown to the paramedic the guy had some GTN patchs on his arm which went off like fire crackers when they were subjected to an electrical charge (the electricity from the defib acted like a detonator for the GTN. I did say it was related to TNT! Anyway I don't know if that was true, but the paramedic says the shock having fire creackers going off on his chest certainly brought the bloke round)
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Organic Nitrates:\nOrganic nitrates have been used for more than 100 years, and are still used in the treatment of angina pectoris.\n\nThe most commonly used nitrates are: glyceryl nitrate (GTN), isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) and isosorbide-5-mononitrate (5-ISMN). All of these compounds contain one or more nitrate functional groups, ONO2, in their chemical structure.\n\nAnother series of agents, the organic nitrites (e.g. amyl nitrite and isobutyl nitrite) that contain the nitrite functional group, NO2, and the nitric oxide (NO) containing compounds (e.g. nitroprussides) are often classified as organic nitrates, even though they differ in their chemical structure, because of the similarities in pharmacological effects.\n\nAll these agents are known collectively as nitrovasodilators.
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There is a codeine and calcium iodide cough syrup with the trade name Calcidrine (ref. 1). Calcium iodide and iodinated glycerol happen to be included together in a list of medicines your physician should be notified about if you are using them in conjunction with lithium (ref. 2), but they are not the same thing. Calcium iodide does not appear to have a synonym (ref. 3).
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I have no idea, but good luck with it! I'm taking that next semester through school. Try googling pharmacy tech?
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I am a physician assistant and I work in a large cardiology clinic, including manning our lipid clinic for patients with hard-to-treat hyperlipidemia and significant risk factors for coronary disease.  I would be happy to answer your question(s) but you did not ask any.  The general subject of statin medications is entirely too broad for me to even know what to say to you.  \n\nI'll check back tomorrow.  Hopefully you can be more specific about what you want to know.
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Since you didn't say what results you desire it is not really possible for anyone to answer your question.\n\nBut KNO3, potassium nitrate, commonly called "salt peter", is an oxidizing agent used in gun powder.  It can also be used as a fertilizer.  It is also a diuretic, although a poor one and humans should not use it.
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Finally found it:\n\nIt's a diet pill.  Pretty dangerous.  Causes heart problems.\n\nPhentermine.
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Hello. The recommendations regarding high triglycerides come from a 2001 expert concensus group and are based on the studies from before that time.  The recommendations are fairly straightforward:\n\n- When triglycerides are borderline high (150 to 199 mg/dL) emphasis should be upon weight reduction and increased physical activity. These work wonders, especially in men.  Avoidance of saturated fat and refined sugars helps as well.\n\n- When triglycerides are high (200 to 499 mg/dL), in addition to nonpharmacologic therapy, drug therapy can be considered. The therapy then includes statin drugs to control the LDL and adding a fibrate drug (like Tricor).  Tricor will lower the triglycerides by about 40-50%, but it may be have increased muscle and liver toxicity when administered together with statins like Lipitor.  It absolutely needs to be administered under the supervision of a doctor.\n\n- For triglycerides over 500, the initial goal is to prevent pancreatitis by lowering triglycerides as soon as possible.  Avoid alcohol in this sitation or risk of pancreatitis will go up.  A drug called gemfibrozil (Lopid -- it can also be used in milder cases) is used in these situations.  It has even a higher possibility to cause damage when used together with a statin, so again, monitoirng of liver and muscle funciton is necessary.\nHope that helps!
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Check out Cameron and Company\nand RPH on the Go\n\nhttp://www.rphonthego.com/\n\nhttp://www.temp-pharmacist.com/index.htm\n\nHope this helps
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Through the discovery of nitroglycerin by two guys. \n\nNobel began experimenting with it until freak accident at a laboratory where he was working with nitroglycerin an explosion occurred, killing 6 including his brother.
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HELLO Amina,\nGlycerols are actually a sort of derived lipids obtained by hydrolysis of fats with water at high temperatures and pressures. it is in fact a trihydroxy alcohol, which is sweet and viscous. It forms esters like Triacyl glycerols(TGs) or Diacyl Glucerols or Monoacyl Glycerols  (or otherwise called Tri Glycerides) with fatty acids and phosphates. TGs are neutral fats, which, like cholesterol form the fat content of the body. These TGs get oxidized inside the mitochondria of cells  in the absence  (or scarcity) of glucose and act as a source of energy during starvation or dieting. Glycerol esters of higher fatty acids remain solid in room temperature and examples of such TGs include various vegetable oils. \nFatty acid esters with phosphate groups(PO4=) can form phosphoglycerides when they contain glycerol as the alcohol. Such compounds are important as protectors of the nervous tissue. Egs include phosphatidyl choline, and Lecithin. The last one is also present in Heart and liver..\nOoohhh that was a pretty long answer. \nHope I didn't get too technical and i suppose iwas clear on the topic,\nSo long then..
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Ok, thats a bit silly given that nitroglycerine is a liquid, and not really effected by friction.  In everything I've read, acetone peroxide is far more sensitive to any sort of shock than nitroglycerine.  Read about these in the battlefield chemistry sites.
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Nitroglycerin and diotamacious earth! BAM
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triglycerides are a way the human body stores FAT molecules\n\nGlycerol (a triple alcohol molecule) is esterified with a free-fatty-acid molecule (usually long chain fats)\n\nLDL and HDL are references to Low and High densitiy Lipoproteins which is a way these triglycerides are stored in the body.\n\nsee the wiki pages
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PLEASE TAKE YOUR HEALTH VERY SERIOUSLY AND SEEK PROFESSIONAL ADVICE RATHER THAN THIS FORUM.  SEEK YOUR PHARMICIST OR PHYICIAN REGARDING THIS.  PLEASE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LIFE AND IT IS PRECIOUS.
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Triglyceride is a naturally occuring ester of glycerol and three fatty acids which makes up a triglyceride oil. (An ester is an organic compound formed from an acid and alcohol, R-CO2-R').
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Glycerine. It is the end product of fat degradation or digestion and hence has no energy content.