What is the brand name for the drug atenolol?
What is the brand name for the drug atenolol?
Atenolol oral tablet is available as a brand-name drug and a generic drug. Brand name: Tenormin. Atenolol comes only as a tablet you take by mouth. Atenolol is used to treat high blood pressure and chest pain.
What is atenolol generic for?
Tenormin is available as the generic medication atenolol. And Lopressor is available as the generic medication metoprolol tartrate. (A generic drug is an exact copy of the active drug in a brand-name medication.)
What is the use of amlodipine and atenolol tablets?
Norvasc (amlodipine) and Tenormin (atenolol) (and Tenormin IV) are used for the prevention and treatment of heart pain or chest pain from angina, and for the treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension).
Is atenolol a good blood pressure medicine?
Atenolol is used with or without other medications to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This medication is also used to treat chest pain (angina) and to improve survival after a heart attack.
Is atenolol bad for kidneys?
If it continues for a long time, the heart and arteries may not function properly. This can damage the blood vessels of the brain, heart, and kidneys, resulting in a stroke, heart failure, or kidney failure. High blood pressure may also increase the risk of heart attacks.
Does atenolol affect sleep?
Although atenolol had no effect on subjective measures of sleep this hydrophilic drug also reduced REM frequency, suggesting that either it has some central effect, or that REM reduction is due to a peripheral ‘shielding’ effect.
Can you eat bananas with atenolol?
Potential Negative Interaction People taking beta-blockers should therefore avoid taking potassium supplements, or eating large quantities of fruit (for example, bananas), unless directed to do so by their doctor. The interaction is supported by preliminary, weak, fragmentary, and/or contradictory scientific evidence.
