atenololn.
/əˈtɛnəlɒl/ Pharmacology.
A beta-blocker which is selective for cardiac receptors, and is given orally in the treatment of angina and hypertension; 4-(2-hydroxy-3-isopropylaminopropoxy)phenylacetamide, C14H22N2O3.
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1974 Approved Names 1973 (Brit. Pharmacopœia Comm.) Suppl. iii Atenolol.
1977 Lancet 16 Apr. 843/1 Propranolol, which is non-selective, delays the rise in blood-glucose after insulin-induced hypoglycæmia, unlike atenolol which has no such effect.
1986 C. W. Thornber in C. A. Heaton Chem. Industry iv. 183 A second generation of β-adrenergic antagonists characterized by atenolol..and metoprolol..have preferential affinity for the heart receptors.
1991 Which? Nov. 647 (caption) Tenormin, and its generic equivalent atenolol, is often prescribed to lower blood pressure.
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