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How do you counsel patients on the use of topical nitroglycerin for Raynaud's?

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Rheumatology · Johns Hopkins University

I am actually not a big fan of topical NTG for Raynaud phenomenon. We know that there is some significant systemic absorption and patients may have high rates of side effects (such as headache). These rates were as high as 30% in some of the studies, which I think is higher than we see with use of o...

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