Atenolol is a selective beta-1 receptor receptor antagonist, a drug belonging to the group of beta blockers (sometimes written -blockers), a class of drugs used primarily in cardiovascular diseases. Introduced in 1976, atenolol was developed as a replacement for propranolol in the treatment o...
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Atenolol32,416 posts
More patient posts reported that Atenolol helped them when used for High Blood Pressure (47% higher than average of other High Blood Pressure treatments)
Propranolol
More patient posts reported that Propranolol helped them when used for High Blood Pressure (49% higher than average of other High Blood Pressure treatments)
Lisinopril
An average number of patient posts reported that Lisinopril helped them when used for High Blood Pressure
Toprol
More patient posts reported that Toprol helped them when used for High Blood Pressure (38% higher than average of other High Blood Pressure treatments)
Tenormin
Fewer patient posts reported that Tenormin helped them when used for High Blood Pressure (44% lower than average of other High Blood Pressure treatments)
Metoprolol
Fewer patient posts reported that Metoprolol helped them when used for High Blood Pressure (8% lower than average of other High Blood Pressure treatments)
Hydrochlorothiazide
Fewer patient posts reported that Hydrochlorothiazide helped them when used for High Blood Pressure (16% lower than average of other High Blood Pressure treatments)
Inderal
More patient posts reported that Inderal helped them when used for High Blood Pressure (94% higher than average of other High Blood Pressure treatments)
Norvasc
An average number of patient posts reported that Norvasc helped them when used for High Blood Pressure
Verapamil
More patient posts reported that Verapamil helped them when used for High Blood Pressure (29% higher than average of other High Blood Pressure treatments)
Lotrel
Fewer patient posts reported that Lotrel helped them when used for High Blood Pressure (23% lower than average of other High Blood Pressure treatments)
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Atenolol Top Concerns
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...AMEBA
Acebutolol
Metoprolol
Esmolol
Bisoprolol
Atenolol
There are others, but these ...most used of them.
I used Metoprolol for MI, esmolol for arrhythmias. From what...
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...took one actually maybe to help my worry. ugh
i take atenolol for hbp and synthroid for hypothyroid. just got off ...it doing this. i do have allergies and have been taking zyrtec which i k...
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...on pristiq and seroquel for some time now. I am also on atenolol for tachycardia. Yesterday I ...This is sending me into withdrawal. It's terrible. This happens every time I get sick. I'd l...
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I have been on Atenolol for 3 years 12.5mg and over the past year ...etc. I too also had an itchy red patch around the ...and might ask my dr to change my atenolol to something...
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...started Midodrine about a month ago (5mg) and I have been taking Atenolol for years (now at ...symptoms and I would like to take a higher dose of Midodrine but my hr ...common is that they ca...
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My doctor put me on atenolol years ago because of the ...It controlled it immediately but I began loosing my hair. The doctor tried me ...does not cause hair loss? The atenolol also causes me ...
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...put on Atenolol for high bp some years ...Entirely disrupted my normally peaceful nights. Refused to take it and was put on Atacand. Excellent control ...is now on Atenolol for raised bp AND ...
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...stuff back in 2005. I was put on Atenolol for hypertension and it amazingly made me feel better all around. Much of...
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Back in 2002, my doctor at the time put me on Atenolol for my headaches. It worked great at first, but ...longer I took it, the more my blood pressure dropped. My doctor wasn't monito...
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...than a year and I'm taking atenolol for my hypertension but the best medicine ...For just a week i feel better and my blood pressure dropped to 110/70 from 150/90 and my anxiety is gone...
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