Can a diabetic on blood pressure medication take nitroglycerin?
Patient: 59 year old male. Diabetic on blood pressure medication, high A1C, also taking glipzide and another medicatin. always complaining of being tired. last year had a episode where he was given nitroglycerin tablets and admitted to hospital. no damage to heart was found. Doctor: DEAR USER,THANKS FOR CONSULTING WITH HCMI UNEDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN..AS SUCH TAKING NITROGLYCERIN IN PATIENT WITH DIABETIC CAUSES NO HARM..ITS USUALLY GIVEN WHEN PATIENT IS SUSPECTED TO HAVE EITHER ANGINA OR HEART ATTACK OR SOMETIMES FOR HIGH BP EVEN ON CLINICAL SUSPICIONREGARDING YOUR PATIENT BEING TIRED IN DIABETES THERE ARE MANY CAUSES OF TIREDNESS.. A DETAILED EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT BY A DIABETOLOGIST CAN HELP TO FIND THE CAUSEIF HIS SUGAR ARE NOT GETTING CONTROLLED AS YOU SAID HE HAS  HIGH HBA1C. HE MIGHT BE STARTED ON INSULIN THERAPY AFTER CONSULTING A DIABETOLOGISTHOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUERY. YOU CAN MESSAGE ME FOR ANY FURTHER CONCERNS