Arotinolol
Encyclopedia
Arotinolol is a medication
Medication
A pharmaceutical drug, also referred to as medicine, medication or medicament, can be loosely defined as any chemical substance intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease.- Classification :...

 in the class of mixed alpha/beta blocker
Beta blocker
Beta blockers or beta-adrenergic blocking agents, beta-adrenergic antagonists, beta-adrenoreceptor antagonists or beta antagonists, are a class of drugs used for various indications. They are particularly for the management of cardiac arrhythmias, cardioprotection after myocardial infarction ,...

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Uses

It is used in the treatment of high blood pressure
Hypertension
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a cardiac chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. What that means is that the heart is having to work harder than it should to pump the blood around the body. Blood pressure involves two measurements, systolic and...

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It has been proposed for use in treatment of essential tremor
Essential tremor
Essential tremor is a slowly progressive neurological disorder whose most recognizable feature is a tremor of the arms that is apparent during voluntary movements such as eating and writing...

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Recommended dosage 10 - 30 mg

External links

Almarl アルマール (PDF) Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma. April 2002. Official Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Website
http://sdic.sookmyung.ac.kr/drug_monograph/view.asp?id=92
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