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What is Atenolol?

Atenolol, a beta blocker, is used to treat hypertension, alone or in combination with other agents. Off label use for acute alcohol withdrawal, certain cardiac arrhythmias, and prevention of migraine headache.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 3%
Moderate
5 13%
Mild
6 15%
None
27 69%

Most commonly reported side effects

Fatigue
5 13%
weak, tired slow heart rate
5 13%
Leg pain (both)
3 8%
Cold hands and feet
2 5%
Dizziness
2 5%
Shortness of breath
2 5%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Atenolol. See all 18 dosages ►

  0.5mg/mL as needed 50 mg all the time (24/7) daily 0.5 mg daily 0.5 mg/mL daily 7.5 mcg daily 12 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 37.5 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 121 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 750 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 71 Number of Patients: 71 1 Number of Patients: 1 93 Number of Patients: 93 2 Number of Patients: 2 33 Number of Patients: 33 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Atenolol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
12 52% Doctor's advice: 52%
Other
6 26% Other: 26%
Side effects too severe
3 13% Side effects too severe: 13%
Did not seem to work
2 9% Did not seem to work: 9%
Not indicated
2 9% Not indicated: 9%
Personal research
1 4% Personal research: 4%
Course of treatment ended
1 4% Course of treatment ended: 4%

See all 22 patients who’ve stopped taking Atenolol

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Atenolol

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
4
19
17
103

Stopped Taking Atenolol

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
4
0
5
4
6

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
36 92%
Usually
3 8%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
2 5%
Somewhat
2 5%
A little
2 5%
Not at all
33 85%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
30 77%

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Report created on November 21, 2009.