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  2. Nitroglycerin (medication) - Wikipedia

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    Three different forms of nitroglycerin: intravenous, sublingual spray, and the nitroglycerin patch. Nitroglycerin is used for the treatment of angina, acute myocardial infarction, severe hypertension, and acute coronary artery spasms. [1] [12] It may be administered intravenously, as a sublingual spray, or as a patch applied to the skin.

  3. Chest pain - Wikipedia

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    Initial treatment often includes the medications aspirin and nitroglycerin. [1] [4] The response to treatment does not usually indicate whether the pain is heart-related. [1] When the cause is unclear, the person may be referred for further evaluation. [3] Chest pain represents about 5% of presenting problems to the emergency room. [3]

  4. Naltrexone - Wikipedia

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    No toxic effects have been observed with naltrexone in doses of up to 800 mg/day in clinical studies. [6] [3] The largest reported overdose of naltrexone, which was 1,500 mg in a female patient and was equivalent to an entire bottle of medication (30 × 50 mg tablets), was uneventful. [69] No deaths are known to have occurred with naltrexone ...

  5. Propellant - Wikipedia

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    Stabilizers and other additives are also used. Nitroglycerin reduces smoke and increases the energy output. Double-based fuel/propellants are used in small arms, cannons, mortars and rockets. Triple-based fuel/propellant Triple-based fuel/propellants consist of nitrocellulose, nitroguanidine, nitroglycerin or other liquid organic nitrate ...

  6. Embalming chemicals - Wikipedia

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    Unicellular organisms found in the soil and groundwater are also quite sensitive to cross-linking, experiencing damage at a concentration of 0.3 mg to 22 mg per liter. [6] Formaldehyde also affects aquatic invertebrates, with crustaceans being the most sensitive type. The range of concentration damaging them is 0.4 mg to 20 mg per liter. [6]

  7. Atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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    Atrial fibrillation (AF, AFib or A-fib) is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) characterized by rapid and irregular beating of the atrial chambers of the heart. [11] [12] It often begins as short periods of abnormal beating, which become longer or continuous over time. [4]

  8. Peanut - Wikipedia

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    Peanuts have a variety of industrial end uses. Paint, varnish, lubricating oil, leather dressings, furniture polish, insecticides, and nitroglycerin are made from peanut oil. Soap is made from saponified oil, and many cosmetics contain peanut oil and its derivatives. The protein portion is used in the manufacture of some textile fibers.

  9. Solid-propellant rocket - Wikipedia

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    A solid fuel-oxidizer mixture (propellant) is packed into the rocket, with a cylindrical hole in the middle.; An igniter combusts the surface of the propellant.; The cylindrical hole in the propellant acts as a combustion chamber.