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# For Heart Attack |
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If you suspect someone is having a heart attack, give 1 tablet of |
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aspirin right away (300 to 325 mg). Ask the person to chew it up and |
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swallow it with water. Even if you are not sure the person is having |
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a heart attack, aspirin will do no harm. On the way to a hospital, |
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give nitroglycerin if you have it. |
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You can also give morphine to help with the pain and fear. |
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medicines for pain |
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# Nitroglycerin (Glyceryl trinitrate) |
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Nitroglycerin is used to treat chest pain from a heart attack. It |
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helps to widen the blood vessels making it easier for the heart to |
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pump blood. |
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## Important! |
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Do not give nitroglycerin to someone with low blood pressure or who |
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has taken sildenafil (Viagra) in the last 24 hours. This combination |
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of medicines can cause blood pressure to drop dangerously low, and |
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can be deadly. |
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## Side effects |
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May cause severe headache, feeling hot, or dizziness. |
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## How to use |
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The person should sit or lie down, not stand up, in case they get |
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dizzy. |
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Give 1/2 mg (0.5 mg) tablet dissolved under the tongue, no more than |
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3 times, waiting 5 minutes between each tablet. If the chest pain |
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and other signs go away, another tablet is not needed. Do not chew |
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or swallow nitroglycerin tablets. As the tablet dissolves under the |
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tongue, it tingles or even burns a little. |
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