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Effect of Glyceryl Trinitrate on Gastric Accommodation and Symptoms in Functional Dyspepsia

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The purpose of this study was to investigatewhether sublingual glyceryl trinitrate influences thesize of the proximal stomach and postprandial symptomsin patients with functional dyspepsia. Twenty patients with functional dyspepsia were included in adouble-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study withsublingual glyceryl trinitrate. All patients werescanned twice on consecutive days, receiving eitherplacebo or 0.5 mg glyceryl trinitrate randomly 5 minprior to ingestion of 500 ml meat soup. Total symptoms,pain, nausea, and bloating were scored on a visualanalog scale before and after the meal. Standardized ultrasonograms were obtained 1, 10, and 20 minpostprandially of the proximal and distal stomach. Theproximal stomach was larger in the sagittal section at1 min postcibally (26.5 ± 3.9 vs 24.8 ±4.9 cm2, P = 0.036) and 10 min postprandially (22.0± 5.1 vs 19.8 ± 5.3 cm2, P =0.009) after administration of glyceryl trinitratecompared with placebo, whereas a tendency was observedafter 20 min (18.7 ± 5.5 vs 17.3 ± 5.7 cm2, P = 0.076). The correspondingchanges in the frontal diameters were 8.3 ± 1.1vs 7.8 ± 1.2 cm (P = 0.067) after 1 min, 7.2± 0.9 vs 6.4 ± 0.8 cm (P = 0.001) after 10min, and 6.3 ± 1.1 vs 5.6 ± 1.2 cm (P =0.016) after 20 min. The area of the distal stomach was notdifferent (P = 0.31) in the two groups. Afteradministration of glyceryl trinitrate, the patientsreported less pain (P = 0.048) and nausea (P = 0.023) 5min postprandially, but this effect was reduced 15min later. Total symptom score was improved by glyceryltrinitrate treatment (P = 0.042). Sublingual glyceryltrinitrate improves accommodation of the proximal stomach to a meal and reduces postprandialsymptoms in a group of patients with functionaldyspepsia.

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Gilja, O.H., Hausken, T., Bang, C.J. et al. Effect of Glyceryl Trinitrate on Gastric Accommodation and Symptoms in Functional Dyspepsia. Dig Dis Sci 42, 2124–2131 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018839122354

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