In article <000901be0ea5$70728a60$7ad693c3@-jeff>, Jeff Green
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>I wonder what proportion GPs know that the BNF recommends 50mg as the
>maintenance dose of atenolol. It isn't apparent from what I dispense (and it
>was fairly new news to me!)
>Can a practice then justify (or be obliged to justify) having more scripts
>for 100mg than for 50mg?
>
Probably not - however, I was a '50mg and no more man = but read
something somewhere in the last 6m or so that has made me question this
- I think what I read suggested that there can be added benefit from
100mg atenolol - sorry, i cant recall the ref - can anyone cite it?
Cheers :)
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Jelly Bean
'When you get fed up surfing....
.....go find some waves'
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