Atenolol and Nivolumab

• Generic Name: atenolol
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Tenormin

Atenolol (Tenormin) is a beta-blocker that affects the heart and circulation (blood flow through arteries and veins).

Atenolol is used to treat angina (chest pain) and hypertension (high blood pressure).

Atenolol is also used to lower the risk of death after a heart attack.

• Generic Name: nivolumab
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Opdivo

Nivolumab is a cancer medicine that is used alone or in combination with other medicines to treat:

• advanced skin cancer (melanoma);

• non-small cell lung cancer;

• kidney cancer;

• classical Hodgkin lymphoma;

• squamous cell cancer of the head and neck;

• bladder cancer;

• liver cancer; or

• a type of colorectal cancer that laboratory testing proves to have certain specific DNA mutations.

Nivolumab is often given when the cancer has spread to other parts of the body, or cannot be surgically removed, or has come back after prior treatment.

For some types of cancer, nivolumab is given only if your tumor has a specific genetic marker (an abnormal "EGFR" or "ALK" gene).

Nivolumab may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.