@rxreflex: Nitroglycerin is on your 2026 PTCB exam… and it's also the BOOM in dynamite 💥📺 🔎 PTCB drug history: the true story of nitroglycerin (Nitrostat), the angina tablet every pharmacy tech should know. 📺 The story: 🧪 1847 — an Italian chemist makes a dangerously touchy liquid… and one taste gives him a pounding headache 💥 1867 — Alfred Nobel tames it into dynamite and gets rich 🩺 1879 — a London doctor tries it for chest pain (angina). It works! ✉️ 1896 — Nobel's own doctors prescribe it. His words: "the irony of fate" 🏅 1998 — a Nobel Prize explains how it works: nitric oxide opens blood vessels 📌 PTCB notes — save this for exam day: • class: nitrate (antianginal) · brand: Nitrostat · sublingual tablet • classic side effect: headache • contraindicated with sildenafil (PDE5 inhibitors) • storage: the original glass bottle, tightly closed, at room temperature — plastic and open air let the drug escape • sublingual nitro is PPPA-exempt, so an easy-open cap is allowed Did you answer before the timer? Comment A, B or C 👇 📲 Top 200 drugs, PTCB practice and cheat sheets that make it easy to remember — RxReflex, free to start on iOS + Android. Link in bio. #PTCB #PTCE #pharmacytechnician #pharmtech #nitroglycerin
