Beta-blockers lower heart rate and blood pressure and help regulate heart rhythm. Both atenolol and metoprolol are effective ...

Atenolol therapy was associated with significantly lower all-cause (12%) and cardiovascular mortality (32%) than was metoprolol tartrate, which the authors attributed to better adherence and blood ...

They help your heart pump blood more easily throughout your body. Both metoprolol and atenolol belong to a group of drugs called beta-blockers. They work in very similar ways to treat heart problems.

The use of propensity score matching yielded similar results in 11,176 new metoprolol tartrate users, who had similar demographic and clinical characteristics as 11,176 new atenolol users.

Ethan Weiss, MD, (UCSF) said he was surprised that anyone was still taking atenolol. He now uses metoprolol almost exclusively, "especially in older people who have renal dysfunction ...

Perioperative beta-blockade using atenolol is associated with reduced mortality compared to metoprolol, according to a study published in Anesthesiology. According to the study’s abstract, the ...

Beta blockers such as atenolol, metoprolol and propranolol have been first choices for treating high blood pressure for decades. Some researchers have begun to question the effectiveness and ...

And I think my recommendation would be that in the absence of any data, I have no idea when we give patients with heart failure atenolol, whether it is going to act like carvedilol or metoprolol ...

We do want to emphasize, though, that patients should not stop a beta blocker such as atenolol, metoprolol or propranolol suddenly on their own. Doing so might land them in the emergency ...

Q. I had been taking atenolol for several years when it became unavailable. My doctor switched the prescription to metoprolol. After taking it for about six months, I realized I was feeling depressed.