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In medicine, atenolol is a cardioselective adrenergic beta-antagonist that is "possessing properties and potency similar to propranolol, but without a negative inotropic effect."^[1]

It is not metabolized by cytochrome P-450 2D6 allele.

For healthy adults, the starting dose is 50 mg orally once daily and the maximum dose is 100 mg orally once daily.

The most up-to-date information about Atenolol and other drugs can be found at the following sites.

Atenolol - FDA approved drug information (drug label) from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
Atenolol - Drug information for consumers from MedlinePlus (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
Atenolol - Detailed information from DrugBank.

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-In medicine, metoprolol is a [[adrenergic beta-antagonist]] that is a "selective adrenergic beta-1-blocking agent with no stimulatory action. It's binding to plasma albumin is weaker than alprenolol and it may be useful in [[angina]] pectoris, [[hypertension]], or cardiac arrhythmias." It is also used for [[heart failure]].<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
+In [[medicine]], '''atenolol''' is a cardioselective  [[adrenergic beta-antagonist]] that is "possessing properties and potency similar to [[propranolol]], but without a negative inotropic effect."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
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