Nitroglycerin to shading for storage

ChengHuaiMeng HeJianShi people's hospital in hebei province

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        Nitroglycerin patients with coronary artery disease is the life-saving drugs, condition suddenly during the attack with a timely in under the tongue can quickly alleviate symptoms of myocardial ischemia, for further treatment to win the precious of time, but some patients because of improper storage, drug failure, lead to contain after invalid, the delay of the illness.

        Nitroglycerin physical and chemical properties not stable in contact with air, temperature or light, easy to break down into two nitroglycerin, make the drugs reduce the effective components, the efficacy of decline. So the storage of nitroglycerin condition shading, sealing, should be a cool, not more than 20 ℃. In the store when must pay attention to three things: a is don't literally in a plastic or transparent glass bottles in inside, should put in brown the glass; Two is to take when using open, fast cover, after use must cover tightly; Three is don't personal deposit, the body temperature is 37 ℃, more than the storage temperature, easy to cause the drug failure.

        Although nitroglycerin term of validity generally is one year, but if often prescribe take drugs, actual valid only 3 ~ 6 months, if under the tongue containing take nitroglycerin, without a tingling burning sensation or head bilge feeling that drugs have failed, should look for new drugs including clothing.