G is for Glyceryl trinitrate 💊 Traditional Cache

#7 Drug Alphabet Series

This series combines two of my favourite "hobbies" - drugs and geocaching. It will inform you about some drugs ie. medicines that you may come across in your lifetime, treating a wide range of medical conditions; and also take you to some interesting places on the Sunshine Coast that you may not have been to before.

Glyceryl trinitrate (C₃H₅N₃O₉) is used for the prevention and treatment of angina, and heart failure associated with an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack). It is a nitrate which exerts its effect by being converted to nitric oxide in the body by a mitochondrial enzyme and has a potent vasodilator effect. Glyceryl trinitrate corrects the imbalance between the flow of oxygen and blood to the heart by widening blood vessels (vasodilation). It is available in sublingual tablets and spray for acute angina, transdermal patches for angina prevention and injection for heart attack. Common (>1%) side effects include: headache, flushing, palpitations, low blood pressure, fainting. Glyceryl trinitrate is also known as GTN or Nitroglycerin. It was the first practical explosive produced that was stronger than black powder and was first synthesised by the Italian chemist, Ascanio Sobrero in 1847. Nitroglycerin was later adopted as a commercially useful explosive by Alfred Nobel, who experimented with safer ways to handle the dangerous compound after his younger brother and several factory workers were killed in an explosion at the Nobels’ armaments factory in 1864 in Heleneborg, Sweden. It has been used as an active ingredient in the manufacture of explosives, mostly dynamite, and employed in the construction, demolition and mining industries. GTN was first used to treat angina attacks by the English physician, pharmacologist and toxicologist, William Murrell, in 1878.

The original cache was a plastic tube with some experimental camouflage attached. Soon after placement, the cache befriended a nearby coconut. A couple of versions later, it is now a camouflaged mint tin. No particular guardian to speak of now. It is hidden not far from beach access path 163 at Alexandra Headland. A good one to find while you hit the beach for a swim or surf.

Inside this cache you will find Clue #2 which you will need to find the final cache in the Drug Alphabet series, GC6F8H0 “Z is for Zolpidem”. Please take note of the clue and leave it in the cache for the next finder. (Actually, since the original cache was ransacked, the clue went missing, so here it is for those of you who are interested: S _ _° _ _.649 E _ _ _° _ _ . _ _ _ )

FTF prize is a "happy pill" with a message inside. Please do not swallow!