Drugs on Nitrates

Patients who are taking medications containing nitrates should therefore NOT take PDE5 Inhibitor based drugs. As of November 1998, 130 deaths had been associated with the use of Viagra in the U.S. Sixteen of the men who died had also taken a nitrate.

Since sexual activity or exercise can precipitate a heart attack in patients with angina pectoris, it may not have been the use of Viagra+ nitrates that was responsible for all of the deaths. However, it would seem better to be safe than sorry and NOT mix Viagra and nitrates.

Identifying a nitrate these days is far from simple. There are over 20 prescription forms of nitrate drugs. Given so many, it is nearly impossible to remember all of them.

Here is a list of some of the nitrate drugs to which you may refer. (In this list, the chemical name of drug is in bold lower case letters and the corresponding brand names are in capital letters).

• Nitroglycerin
• Deponit (transdermal)
• Minitran
• Nitrek
• Nitro-BID (and Nitro-BID ointment)
• Nitrodisc
• Nitro-DUR
• Nitrogard
• Nitroglyn
• Nitrolingual (spray)
• Nitrol ointment (APPLI-KIT)
• Nitrong
• Nitro-Par Nitrostat
• Nitro-Time
• Transderm-Nitro

• Isosorbide mononitrate
• Imdur
• Ismo
• Monoket (tablets)

• Isosorbide dinitrate
• Dilatrate-SR
• Isordil
• Sorbitrate

Erythatyl tetranitrate

Pentaerythritol tetranitrate

Sodium nitroprusside

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