Nitrates are medications used for treating or preventing heart pain (angina, chest pain) caused by heart disease, usually of the arteries in the heart. Nitrates are vasodilators (dilators of blood vessels that increase their diameter) that allow blood to flow more easily.

2022年3月15日 · Nitrates work by relaxing and dilating veins and arteries. They're used to prevent and stop chest pain. Learn more about types of nitrates here.

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Nitrates are vasodilators (dilate the blood vessels) that are used to treat angina (chest pain caused by lack of oxygen to the heart muscle) and ease the symptoms of congestive heart failure (a chronic progressive condition that affects the pumping power of your heart muscle).

2024年8月4日 · If you have angina -- chest pain that happens when the arteries to your heart are blocked or narrowed -- your doctor may prescribe medicines called nitrates. They relax your arteries so blood...

2023年7月10日 · Nitrates are a class of medications (not to be confused with the byproduct of nitrogen fertilizers) that cause vasodilation by donating nitric oxide (NO). Nitrates exert their effects by dilating venous vessels, coronary arteries, and small arterioles; its maximal vasodilation is in the venous vessels.

2023年2月25日 · Nitrate medicines include glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), isosorbide dinitrate and isosorbide mononitrate. Each has various brand names. Nitrate drugs do not alter the underlying cause of angina. (Angina is usually caused by narrowing of the heart arteries due to a build-up of a fatty substance called atheroma. See the separate leaflet called Angina ...

Nitrates are a class of drugs primarily used in the treatment and management of cardiovascular conditions. They work by dilating and relaxing blood vessels, which results in increased blood flow to the heart and reduced workload on the heart muscle.

Organic nitrates and nitrites are vasodilating agents. Nitrates and nitrites are used for the acute symptomatic relief of angina pectoris secondary to coronary artery disease, for prophylactic management in situations likely to provoke angina attacks, and for long-term prophylactic management of chronic stable angina.

What are nitrates? Nitrates have been the basis for the treatment of angina for decades. Angina is an uncomfortable feeling, tightening or pain in your chest that can spread to your arms, back, jaw, neck or stomach.