Who should not take Atenolol?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- second degree atrioventricular heart block
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- a condition where blood vessels constrict too much with coldness or stress
- worsening of debilitating chronic lung disease called COPD
- abnormal liver function tests
- acutely decompensated HF requiring parenteral inotropic therapy
- depression
- complete heart block
- sinus bradycardia
- asthma
- psoriasis
- blood circulation failure due to serious heart condition
- pregnancy
- myasthenia gravis
- a skeletal muscle disorder
- kidney disease with likely reduction in kidney function
- chronic kidney disease stage 5 (failure)
- chronic kidney disease stage 4 (severe)
- chronic kidney disease stage 3B (moderate)
Allergies:
- Beta-Blockers (Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Agts)
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