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Isosorbide (dinitrate, mononitrate) (1)

Imdur (mononitrate ER), Isordil (dinitrate); generics; with hydralazine as BiDil for HFrEF in self-identified Black patients (1)

[[:Category:Antianginals|Antianginal]] (1) · [[:Category:Nitrates|Organic nitrate]] (1) · [[:Category:Vasodilators|Vasodilator]] (1)

None (1)

'"`UNIQ--vote-0000145E-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-0000145F-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00001460-QINU`"' (1)

Isosorbide mononitrate ER: 30-60 mg PO once daily in the morning, titrate to 120-240 mg/d; isosorbide dinitrate IR: 5-20 mg PO TID with a 12-14 hour nitrate-free interval to prevent tolerance (1)

Mononitrate 10, 20 mg IR; 30, 60, 120 mg ER; dinitrate 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 mg IR and ER (1)

240 mg/d (mononitrate ER); 160 mg/d (dinitrate) (1)

None · Oral · IV · Topical · IM · intranasal · rectal · Subcutaneous · Topical ophthalmic · ophthalmic · intramuscular · intravenous · transdermal · vaginal · Subcutaneous (abdomen · sublingual · thigh · Inhaled · SC · intra-articular

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None · Hours · 30-60 minutes · 1-2 hours · ~30 min · LDL lowering at 2 weeks, max by 4 weeks · ~1 hour · 15-30 minutes · 15–30 min · 1–2 h · 30–60 min · Antidepressant effect emerges over 1-2 weeks · BP and symptomatic LUTS improvement within 1-2 weeks · BP effect within 1-2 weeks · Clinical improvement within 24-72 hours · Days · Motor improvement over days at therapeutic dose · Over weeks · Postprandial glucose effect within days; HbA1c by 12 weeks · Sleep effect from first dose; antidepressant effect over 1-4 weeks

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Mononitrate ER: 12-24 hours; dinitrate IR: 4-6 hours (1)

Mononitrate ~5 hours; dinitrate ~1 hour'"`UNIQ--ref-00001461-QINU`"' (1)

Mononitrate ~100% (no first-pass; the principal advantage over dinitrate); dinitrate ~20%'"`UNIQ--ref-00001462-QINU`"' (1)

Limited data.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">&#91;[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation&nbsp;needed]]&#93;</sup> (1)

[[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] in US (1)