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taediggity
Goljan and FA mentioned this as Monday Disease for people who worked in industries that heavily used nitrates, where they would build tolerance during the week and then get a headache when they went back to work on Monday
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nootnootpenguinn
Just to add to this- one of the side effect of NG when given to patients with MI is "massive headache"! That's how I the question right!
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mumenrider4ever
This is similar in how triptans induce vasoconstriction which is used to treat migraines
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seracen
Wouldn't nitrates be a faster acting drug here? That was my take-away anyway. One is more acute, the other for long term maintenance.
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suckitnbme
I also believe it's because CCBs have minimal effect on venous beds and would not cause a significant decrease on preload.
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beto
decrease of cardiac preload is another word of Venodilation, so Nitrates primarly venodilators. CCB dilate arteria more than veins
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zevvyt
also, verapamil is the one that causes constipation. But Verampamil is non-dyhydropiridine, so it works more on the heart than the vessels
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nowherekid139
CCB- decrease afterload by vasodilating arteries by acting on smooth muscle (remember arteries are muscular, veins are flimsy)
Nitrates- decrease preload by vasodilating veins
Hope that helps!
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thatyummyslice
Nitrates i believe! NO --> increased cGMP in vessel smooth muscle --> myosin light chain dephosphorylate --> vascular smooth muscle RELAX --> Dilate (primarily in venous) AKA more venous capacitance --> LOWER preload and workload for heart.
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marbledoc
Thanks! Thought it was nitrates too from the Q stem. But had no clue it was notorious for headaches (only thought of hypotension, dizziness, etc) so doubted it all together. But youโre absolutely right apparently itโs the most common side effect!
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dr.xx
Previously, Ferid Murad et al. described that organic nitrates, such as nitroglycerine, induce vasodilation by release of nitric oxide, activating soluble guanylyl cyclase and subsequent cyclic guanosine monophosphate formation.7 These discoveries rendered Robert Furchgott, Louis Ignarro, and Ferid Murad the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998.
https://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/article.aspx?articleid=2085806
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submitted by โnwinkelmann(366)
I found this when trying to understand why increased NO caused headaches: Nitrates/nitrites are a very common headache and migraine food triggers (WebMD) and raise nitric oxide levels. High levels of nitric oxide are associated with migraine (Study). Headaches and migraines are also very common in medications that boost nitric oxide, such a viagra (study), but it is unclear why this happens. The original hypothesis was that nitric oxide increases blood vessel size and triggers a migraine, but the viagra study and others disproved this. Newer studies on nitric oxide shows that it increases the peptide (CGRP) that is considered responsible for triggering migraines (Study) after increases in inflammation. Because nitric oxide is associated neurogenic inflammation diseases, it's likely that headaches and migraines from nitric oxide are a warning sign of this inflammation (Study).
The research is basically stating that nitrates raise nitric oxide levels and high nitric oxide levels increase inflammation and headaches and migraines. However, the exact reason why this happens is unknown.
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-nitrates-cause-headaches