Treatment of angina

A) Non medicinal treatment:.

• Slow down or take rest breaks.
• Avoid large meals and heavy meals
• Try to avoid situations that make you upset or stressed.

B) Medicines Treatment:.

Short acting:.

Drug	Dose	Duration of action
Nitroglycerine, sublingual	0.15-1.2mg	10-30 minutes
Isosorbide dinitrate, sublingual	2.5-5mg	10-60 minutes
Amyl nitrate, inhalant	0.18-0.3ml	3-5 minutes

Long acting:.

Drug	Dose	Duration of action
Nitroglycerine, oral sustained-action	6.5-13mg per 6-8 hours	6-8 hours
Nitroglycerine, 2% ointment	1-1.5inches per 4hours	3-6 hours
Nitroglycerine, slow release buccal	1-2mg per 4hours	3-6 hours
Nitroglycerine, slow release patch	10-25mg per 24 hours (one patches per day)	8-10 hours
Isosorbide dinitrate, sublingual	2.5-10mg per 2 hours	1.5-2 hours
Isosorbide dinitrate, oral	10-60mg per 4-6 hours	4-6 hours
Isosorbide dinitrate, chewed oral	5-10mg per 2-4 hours	2-3 hours
Isosorbide ,mononitrate oral	20mg per 12 hours	6-10 hours