Nitro-glycerin.
CHARACTERISTICS.
Angina pectoris livid face, almost imperceptible pulse. Heat stroke, skin cold and clammy, weak pulse. Failure of heart’s action with great arterial relaxation. Severe pain with sense of constriction in the head and chest.
TOXIC EFFECTS.
Pale face, cold, clammy perspiration. Yawning, giddiness. Prostration. Unconsciousness.1. Severe pains with sense of constriction in the head.2. Constriction about the lower part of the neck. Pain in the region of the heart. Very weak, slow or rapid pulse, with failure of the heart’s action. Great arterial relaxation.3.
DOSE.
From one-thousandth to one fiftieth minim.
The preferred method of administration is the minute dose given frequently.
THERAPEUTIC USES.
Dizziness.1. (One two-hundredth minim or less in the dose).
Headache1-2. (One one-thousandth minim doses).
Migraine.1-2. (Small doses every fifteen minutes).
Heat-stroke. Muscular relaxation, semi-comatose; skin pale, clammy perspiration, vertigo, weak pulse. 1-3.
Angina pectoris. Pale or livid face, cold perspiration; weak, almost imperceptible pulse.1-3. (One one-hundredth minim every two hours, or three times per day. May be given more often at time of attack).
Heart failure. Great arterial relaxation.1-3. (One one- hundredth or one-fiftieth minim doses at frequent intervals).
