Clinical Observation on Antihypertensive Effects of Atenolol(Tenormin(R))

ABSTRACT

The antihypertensive effects of once-daily 50mg dose of atenolol(Tenormin(R)) were observed in 28 cases of essential hypertension, and the results were as follows. 1. Mean drop in systolic and diastolic pressure were 19mmHg and 16mmHg respectively. 2. In 85.7% of the cases good or fair control of blood pressure was resulted. 3. Transient indigestion and fatigue were complained by 3 patients, but subsided spontaneously with continuous treament.