Sentences with phrase «nitroglycerin patches»
When the scientists applied nitroglycerin patches, which cause increased blood flow to the skin, to nine normal mice breathing air with adequate oxygen, EPO and red blood cell levels shot up, confirming that diverting blood into the skin drives the production of EPO.
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Joachim Fandrey, a physiologist at the University of Duisburg - Essen in Germany, adds that the results suggest that nitroglycerin patches, which have a long track record in treating chest pain in heart disease patients, might boost EPO production in people suffering from anemia due to kidney disease or cancer.
Patients that are prescribed a nitroglycerin patch for angina are often given the instructions to put the patch on in the morning and take it off in the evening.