Hepatotoxicity of atenolol therapy - A report of 2 cases

This case report highlights atenolol induced episodes of chronic and acute hepatotoxicities in 2 elderly hypertensive patients. The 1st patient manifested liver dysfunction after 8 months of 50 mg daily atenolol therapy and in the 2nd patient liver dysfunction was revealed within 3 weeks of 100 mg d...

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Main Authors: Somnath Mondal, Saibal Das, Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, Ankur Datta, Souvik Sardar, Pradip Kumar Ghosal, Santanu Kumar Tripathi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Acute Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221618913601377