Category

• Antianginal Isosorbide Dinitrate; Isosorbide Mononitrate; Nitroglycerin
• Vasodilator, congestive heart failure Isosorbide Dinitrate; Nitroglycerin

Description Drug

Nitrates - NYE-trates are using to treat the symptoms of angina - chest pain. Depending on the type of dosage form and how it is taken, nitrates are using to treat angina in three ways:

• to relieve an attack that is occurring by using the drug when the attack begins;
• to prevent attacks from occurring by using the drug just before an attack is expected to occur;
• to reduce the number of attacks that occur by using the drug regularly on a long-term basis.

When taken orally and swallowed, nitrates are using to reduce the number of angina attacks that occur. They do not act fast enough to relieve the pain of an angina attack.

Nitrates work by relaxing blood vessels and increasing the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart while reducing its work load.

Nitrates may also be using for other conditions as determined by your family doctor.

The nitrates discussed here are available only with your family doctor's prescription, in the following dosage forms:

Oral
• Isosorbide dinitrate
  • Extended-release capsules - USA
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
  • Chewable tablets - USA
  • Extended-release tablets - USA and Canada
• Isosorbide mononitrate
  • Extended-release tablets - USA
  • Tablets - USA
• Nitroglycerin
  • Extended-release capsules - USA
  • Extended-release tablets - USA and Canada

Brand Names

Some commonly using brand names are:

In the USA

• Dilatrate-SR
• IMDUR
• ISDN
• ISMO
• Isordil Tembids
• Isordil Titradose
• Monoket
• Nitrocot
• Nitroglyn E-R
• Nitro-par
• Nitro-time
• Nitrong
• Sorbitrate

In Canada

• Apo-ISDN
• Cedocard-SR
• Coradur
• Coronex
• IMDUR
• ISMO
• Isordil Titradose
• Nitrong SR

Another commonly using name is:

• Glyceryl trinitrate

For quick reference, the following nitrates are numbered to match the corresponding brand names.

This information does not apply to amyl nitrite or mannitol hexanitrate.