Nitrol and Cough - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data

Summary:

Cough is reported as a side effect among people who take Nitrol (nitroglycerin), especially for people who are male, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for 1 - 6 months also take Singulair, and have High blood pressure.

The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Cough when taking Nitrol. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 3,011 people who have side effects when taking Nitrol from the FDA, and is updated regularly.

What is Nitrol?

Nitrol has active ingredients of nitroglycerin. eHealthMe is studying from 3,069 Nitrol users. Check the latest studies of Nitrol.

What is Cough?

Cough is found to be associated with 3,052 drugs and 3,800 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Cough.



On Jul, 16, 2026

3,011 people reported to have side effects when taking Nitrol.
Among them, 87 people (2.89%) have Cough.

Could Nitrol cause Cough?

Among these 87 people:

How long have people been on Nitrol when they have Cough? *

  • < 1 month: 0.0 %
  • 1 - 6 months: 100 %
  • 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
  • 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
  • 2 - 5 years: 0.0 %
  • 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
  • 10+ years: 0.0 %

What is the gender of people who have Cough when taking Nitrol? *

  • female: 45 %
  • male: 55 %

What is the age of people who have Cough when taking Nitrol? *

  • 0-1: 0.0 %
  • 2-9: 0.0 %
  • 10-19: 0.0 %
  • 20-29: 2.94 %
  • 30-39: 0.0 %
  • 40-49: 5.88 %
  • 50-59: 17.65 %
  • 60+: 73.53 %

What are other drugs people take besides Nitrol? *

  1. Singulair: 23 people, 26.44%
  2. Amlodipine: 18 people, 20.69%
  3. Aspirin: 14 people, 16.09%
  4. Prednisone: 12 people, 13.79%
  5. Sporanox: 11 people, 12.64%
  6. Lasix: 10 people, 11.49%
  7. Avodart: 10 people, 11.49%
  8. Vitamin B12: 10 people, 11.49%
  9. Heparin: 10 people, 11.49%
  10. Rabeprazole Sodium: 10 people, 11.49%

What are other side effects people have besides Cough? *

  1. Dyspnea (difficult or laboured breathing): 33 people, 37.93%
  2. Wheezing (a high-pitched whistling sound made while you breath): 24 people, 27.59%
  3. Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 24 people, 27.59%
  4. Weakness: 15 people, 17.24%
  5. Asthma: 15 people, 17.24%
  6. Tremor (trembling or shaking movements in one or more parts of your body): 14 people, 16.09%
  7. High Blood Pressure: 14 people, 16.09%
  8. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (a condition in which stomach contents leak backward from the stomach into the oesophagus): 14 people, 16.09%
  9. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe): 14 people, 16.09%
  10. Obstructive Airways Disorder (a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe): 13 people, 14.94%

What are the existing conditions these people have? *

  1. High Blood Pressure: 12 people, 13.79%
  2. Asthma: 10 people, 11.49%
  3. Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (reoccurrence of an inflammatory disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged): 8 people, 9.20%
  4. Pain: 6 people, 6.90%
  5. Immunodeficiency Common Variable: 5 people, 5.75%
  6. Dyskinesia (abnormality or impairment of voluntary movement): 4 people, 4.60%
  7. Oesophageal Spasm (contraction of oesophagus): 4 people, 4.60%
  8. On And Off Phenomenon: 3 people, 3.45%
  9. Psoriatic Arthropathy (inflammation of the skin and joints with kin condition which typically causes patches (plaques) of red, scaly skin to develop): 3 people, 3.45%
  10. Multiple Myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells): 3 people, 3.45%

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

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Cough treatments and more:

  • Cough (361,791 reports)

How severe was Cough and when was it recovered:

Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of nitroglycerin:

Sub-studies by gender and age:

Female: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+

Male: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+

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Browse all the conditions that are associated with Cough:

  • Cough (3,800 conditions)

How the study uses the data?

The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on nitroglycerin (the active ingredients of Nitrol) and Nitrol (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.

How to use the study?

DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.

Who is eHealthMe?

With medical big data and proven AI/ML algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).

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