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Originally Posted by Anonymous01
Did you get an intense headache and blurring of vision? The nitro is to be taken as an EMERGENCY when you experience extreme symptoms and EMS has been called. They usually don't give it to you until you are discharged.
A more moderate measure are small stainless steel fobs with a gasket that hold 6 full sized aspirin. Chew three and swallow with water, repeat in 15 - 30 minutes.
I have a fob for a full bottle of nitro pills but the thing is pretty good sized and always gets flagged in my carry on luggage. I'd rather haul it out and let a TSA officer inspect it than put it into my checked luggage and have it lost.
Do you have a Medic ALERT ID? Mine has name, DOB, Blood type, major illnesses on the front and major meds on the back, all on a Stainless Steel dog tag that I put on a breakaway piece of gutted 550 paracord.
This isn't my first rodeo....
P.S.: If they gave you a bottle of nitro while you were still in the hospital, you might want to check yourself into a different hospital with a well regarded Cardiac Care unit...
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Thanks for the information. The bottle actually says "as needed". I know I have a high pain threshold so I'm never sure if something is really painful to regular people. My "episode" was afted.dragging downed branches out of the yard. My chest felt strange, not for the first time. My stomach felt uneasy, not for the first time. My left arm became sore, that's a first! I drove myself to the hospital expecting an EKG and a return home. Three hours later I was transported by ambulance to a cardiac unit. A few hours later someone told me that enzymes said I did not have a heart attack. Four days later I was released with my little bottle of pills. They found blockages and now I'm looking at a triple.bypass.
I felt odd lat night but not in pain, I was wondering if now was the time.
Nitroglycerin...
