Atenolol is a beta-blocker medication used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), chest pain (angina pectoris), abnormally rapid heart rates (tachycardias), and to prevent migraine headaches
Essential tremor (ET) is a neurological disorder that causes your hands, head, trunk, voice, and/or legs to shake rhythmically
It is also used to treat or prevent heart attack, and to
If you're taking atenolol twice a day, try to have 1 If you have diabetes, atenolol may mask some of the symptoms of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
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For oral dosage form (solution): Adults—20 to 40 milligrams (mg) three or four times a day, given before meals and at bedtime
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Atenolol, gabapentin (monotherapy), sotalol, and topiramate should be considered as treatment of limb tremor associated with ET and voice tremors
Keywords: Essential tremor, neuropharmacology, beta-blockers, primidone, antiepileptic drugs, gap-junction blockers, experimental treatment
Your doctor may increase your dose if needed