I can't find the info anywhere, so do you know what it stands for? Your post made me remember something from our clinical -- we were learning the different types of Insulin - NPH, Regular, Lantus, etc. Whenever we drew them up, the instructor asked what type it was - long acting, rapid, etc.
Other causes. Chest pain can also be caused by: 1  Panic attack. 2  If you have periods of intense fear accompanied by chest pain, rapid heartbeat, rapid breathing, profuse sweating, shortness of breath, nausea, dizziness and a fear of dying, you may be experiencing a panic attack. 3  Shingles.
One of the more frequent causes of non-cardiac chest pain is chest wall pain or musculoskeletal chest pain -- that is, chest pain related to the muscles and bones of the chest wall. Doctors diagnose chest wall pain in at least 25% of patients who come to the emergency room for chest pain.