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Atenolol vs Metoprolol: What You Need to Know
A pharmacist explains the similarities and differences between these two heart medications Atenolol (brand name Tenormin) and metoprolol (brand names Lopressor and Toprol XL) are beta-blockers ...
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Beta-blockers and asthma.
In a single-blind, randomised, crossover study in 10 asthmatic patients, the effects of approximately equipotent oral doses of 3 cardioselective beta-blockers-atenolol (100 mg), metoprolol (100 mg), ...
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New evidence on atenolol in hypertension
A new systematic review by Carlberg and colleagues has revealed that atenolol, one of the most common β-blockers, might not be appropriate as a first-line treatment for hypertension. In a meta ...
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Thiazide Diuretics Alone or With β-Blockers Impair Glucose Metabolism in Hypertensive Patients With Abdominal Obesity
Patients were randomly assigned to HCTZ or atenolol, and the medication was titrated up to the maximum study dose (25 mg of HCTZ or 100 mg of atenolol). Combination therapy with these 2 agents was ...
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Effects of timolol and atenolol on benign essential tremor: placebo-controlled studies based on quantitative tremor recording.
Two different beta-adrenoreceptor antagonists, atenolol and timolol, were separately compared with a placebo in the suppression of essential tremor. In two-week single-blind placebo-controlled studies ...