{"id":15,"date":"2008-03-09T23:06:17","date_gmt":"2008-03-09T23:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2008\/03\/09\/reader-question-nitro-patches-for-tendinopathy\/"},"modified":"2008-03-09T23:06:17","modified_gmt":"2008-03-09T23:06:17","slug":"reader-question-nitro-patches-for-tendinopathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2008\/03\/09\/reader-question-nitro-patches-for-tendinopathy\/","title":{"rendered":"Reader Question: Nitro Patches for Tendinopathy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Reader of the BJSM Blog Asks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nitro Patches for Tendinopathy?<\/p>\n<p>I am quite intrigued by this, not only as a physician but more so as a patient with some current injuries.  Would you be so kind as to reply with a source that might describe the mechanis(s) of action as well as a link or two to get more detail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although the precise mechanism is not known, cell culture studies suggest that Nitric Oxide (NO) has a direct stimulating effect on collagen synthesis. For a background to the discussion and direction to the clinical papers on the effectiveness of nitro patches, please see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/sites\/entrez?Db=pubmed&amp;Cmd=Search&amp;Term=%22Murrell%20GA%22%5BAuthor%5D&amp;itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlusDrugs1\">Dr Murrell&#8217;s summary in the BJSM Tendinopathy Issue (April 2007).<\/a><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Reader of the BJSM Blog Asks: Nitro Patches for Tendinopathy? I am quite intrigued by this, not only as a physician but more so as a patient with some current injuries. 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