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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 161 30 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 80 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypertension 46 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Tachycardia (fast heart rate) 32 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 21 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Heart palpitations 20 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 462 patients currently taking Atenolol

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 15
Mild
 16
None
 61

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Atenolol

Fatigue 12
Tiredness 6
Generalized weakness (asthenia) 6
Slowed heart rate 6
Dizziness 4
Low blood pressure 3
See all 22 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Atenolol. See all 25 dosages ►

  daily 0.5 mg/mL daily 0.5 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 10 Number of Patients: 10 8 Number of Patients: 8 157 Number of Patients: 157 177 Number of Patients: 177 5 Number of Patients: 5 70 Number of Patients: 70 7 Number of Patients: 7 6 Number of Patients: 6  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Atenolol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 34   Doctor's advice: 50%
Side effects too severe 16   Side effects too severe: 24%
Other 10   Other: 15%
Did not seem to work 7   Did not seem to work: 10%
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 7%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 6%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 64 patients who’ve stopped taking Atenolol

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Atenolol

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

Stopped Taking Atenolol

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Atenolol

Always
 88 91%
Usually
 7 7%
Sometimes
 1 1%
Never
 1 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Atenolol

Very
 5 5%
Somewhat
 2 2%
A little
 8 8%
Not at all
 82 85%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Atenolol

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 2 3%
< $25
 63 97%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.