24th April 2024

You are seeing patients in an outpatient cardiology clinic and review a 71-year-old man with persisting anginal pain despite a maximal dose of atenolol and amlodipine.

You are seeing patients in an outpatient cardiology clinic and review a 71-year-old man with persisting anginal pain despite a maximal dose of atenolol and amlodipine. You discuss second line anginal agents suggesting a long-acting nitrate which the patient is agreeable to start. You begin to type the name of the medication in the electronic prescribing system and are presented with two options: isosorbide mononitrate (ISMN) and isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN). Which of the following statements is false?  

Select the SINGLE most appropriate option from the list below. Select ONE option only.