Continuous use of nitroglycerin increases severity of heart attacks, study shows

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 20:30 in Health & Medicine

When given for hours as a continuous dose, the heart medication nitroglycerin backfires -- increasing the severity of subsequent heart attacks, according to a study of the compound in rats.

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