A 62-year-old man with stable effort-related chest pain is diagnosed with chronic stable angina after normal troponins and a positive exercise stress ...

Question

A 62-year-old man with stable effort-related chest pain is diagnosed with chronic stable angina after normal troponins and a positive exercise stress test. He has hypertension and dyslipidaemia. Which medication is most appropriate for symptom control of his angina in addition to secondary prevention therapies?

Accepted Answer

Short-acting sublingual glyceryl trinitrate as needed

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Long-term high-dose non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

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Digoxin for rate control

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Immediate initiation of intravenous thrombolysis

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High-dose oral morphine for pain control

au-racgp MCQ (SBA): Stable angina