â¢Migraine headaches -- spots of light, halos, or zigzag patterns are common symptoms prior to the start of the headache. Other potential causes of vision problems include fatigue, overexposure to the outdoors (temporary and reversible blurring of vision), and many medications.
The usual initial dose of atenolol (Tenormin) for adult patients with hypertension is 50 mg taken once a day. The maintenance dose may be adjusted after a couple of weeks.
Paediatric population. Children and adolescents with hypertension from 6 years to 17 years of age. The recommended antihypertensive oral dose in paediatric patients ages 6-17 years is 2.5 mg once daily as a starting dose, up-titrated to 5 mg once daily if blood pressure goal is not achieved after 4 weeks.