A patient with severe chest pain hands you a bottle of nitroglycerin. After reading the label, you determine that the prescribed dose is two pills when chest pain is present, but the medication expired almost a month ago. You should:
A) Administer two of the nitroglycerin tablets
B) Withhold the medication and transport the patient
C) Administer the nitroglycerin orally
D) Place one tablet under the patient's tongue
B) Withhold the medication and transport the patient
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