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How to Take Nitroglycerin Skin Patches and it's Dose


It comes as a patch to apply over the skin.

Dosage & When it is to be taken

Adult: Apply one 5-mg patch distal to the IV site, replace patch at a different skin site either daily or after 3-4 days depending on the patch; continue for as long as the IV infusion is maintained.

When it is not to be taken (Contraindications)

Contraindicated in patients with head injury, severe anemia, and hypersensitivity.

Drug Name : Nitroglycerin Skin Patches

This medication is a nitrate, prescribed for chest pain.


Trade Names/Brand Names of Nitroglycerin Skin Patches

International :


Minitran, Nitro-Dur, Nitroderm TTS
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