Sweet Tablets of Nitroglycerin.
0.0003 Gm. (gr. 1/200).
Caution:—Only a small number of these tablets should be ordered at one time.
These tablets do not keep well, hence should be freshly prepared when wanted.
Larger doses might be administered in this form.
| Spirit of nitroglycerin, 1% | 3.00 | Cc. |
| Red fat sugar | 18.00 | Gm. |
Triturate the spirit of nitroglycerin with the red fat sugar and permit the alcohol to evaporate. When thoroughly dry, compress in a tablet machine, using 5/16-inch die and punches, to make one hundred 0.18 Gm. tablets.