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After careful treatment by a physician, if the patient is already able to go home to recuperate, the following instructions can help the patient to follow up at home.

• After the doctor's treatment, if the patient's chest pain persists, it may be a heart problem. Please return to the cardiology clinic for review within 3 days.
• The typical chest pain caused by myocardial hypoxia is like a big stone pressing on the chest, or it may radiate to the arm or shoulder, mostly concentrated on the left side of the body, but may have atypical forms of pain.
• When a patient has chest pain, medication can be used as directed by the physician to relieve symptoms. If you use a sublingual tablet, sit or lie down and put it under your tongue. Patients usually feel stabbed, which is a normal drug reaction. If the first tablet is invalid, the patient can take one more tablet in 5 minutes and immediately go to the hospital emergency room for treatment.
• The sublingual tablet of the physician's prescription should be placed in a brown vial to avoid light exposure. If the patient has no pungency when using sublingual tablets or if it is used for more than 6 months, it needs to be replaced immediately.
• Patients should take medication according to the doctor's regular rules, do not adjust the drug. If the patient has any symptoms of discomfort after taking the medicine, please return to the emergency department or outpatient follow-up examination and treatment as soon as possible.

If the patient has the following conditions, please send it back to the emergency department as soon as possible by the family escort or call the ambulance.

• It is still not effective to use more than 2 pieces of sublingual tablets.
• The frequency and severity of chest pain increases.
• Chest pain still occurs during the break.
• Sudden syncope, loss of consciousness, difficulty breathing, shortness of breath.

If you have any questions after leaving the hospital, please use the emergency 24-hour consultation service:

• Medical consultation telephone: (04) 22052121 extension 5150 or 5151
• Drug consultation phone: (04) 22052121 extension 5124