Available as Nitrocontin® 2.6 and Nitrocontin® 6.4 Tablet, it is used to treat and prevent moderate to severe heart-related (angina) chest pain Angina occurs when the heart muscle does not get enough blood. This medicine works by relaxing and widening blood vessels so blood can flow more easily to the heart.
Nitrocontin® is powered by patented CONTINUS® Technology that ensures an optimal and desired level of the drug in the body which in turn results in the expected pharmacological benefits and almost negligible ‘Nitrate-Headache’, the most prevalent side effect of all nitroglycerine preparations.
Nitrocontin® 6.4 is free of 2-mononitroglycerine (2 MNG), a nitroglycerine impurity that can cause ‘Nitrate Headache’