After my heart attack nearly two years ago now, I was given nitroglycerin with the instructions that I was to use one of the tiny pills if I experienced chest pains. The little 0.4mg tablets come in tiny brown vials, each holding 25 pills. I was given four vials, for a total of 100 tablets. I carry a vial around with me in my laptop bag.
It never occurred to me to ask: if I should only use one tablet, and then go to the emergency room immediately after, how pessimistic were my doctors in giving me a hundred tablets?
They expire in August. I’ve never used them. So I guess one of the questions I’ll have at my cardiologist appointment next month is, “should I refill this prescription?”
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