Describe the patient education for someone prescribed nitrates.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary.Avoid alcoholic beverages.
Identify situations that precipitate attacks requiring use.
Take a dose 5 or 10 minutes before an activity known to cause an attack.
Side effects include dizziness, lightheadedness, and mild headache. Report severe headache, dry mouth, and blurred vision to the physician; they are symptoms of overdose
Air, heat, and moisture inactivate nitrates.
Discard unused tablets after 6 months.
Prevent tolerance by removing paste or patch for 8 hours-a "no nitrate" time.
If pain occurs during the day, use the nitrate during the day and remove it at night.
If pain occurs during the night, use the nitrate during the night.
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