Atenolol induced memory impairment: a case report.
This report deals with a 54-year-old man with loss of memory. His impaired memory was found to be due to the atenolol he was on and he made a complete recovery on withdrawing the beta-blocker. This patient's experience stresses the need to consider beta-blockers as a potentially reversible cause of memory impairment.
Ramanathan
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Department of Medicine, Taiping Hospital, Malaysia.
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000647:Amnesia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001262:Atenolol / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D001262:Atenolol