L. Nicol, N. Mills, I. Starkey
2011
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QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians
Abstract
Sir, Inhalation of amyl nitrite vapours was first used in 1867 for the treatment of angina pectoris by Sir Thomas Brunton, a physician at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.1 Whilst amyl nitrite or poppers are now largely used for recreational purposes, organic nitrates have become one of the most widely used symptomatic treatments for coronary artery disease despite a lack of evidence to suggest they improve outcomes and when a number of experimental and clinical studies suggest that nitrates may actually be harmful.2 We …