Guide To Essential Tremor Treatment

Anti-Seizure Medication

Anti-seizure medications may be utilized for long term treatment of essential tremor patients to manage their symptoms. If the preferred treatment with beta-blocker medication is ineffective for a patient's essential tremor or contraindicated by another condition, primidone may be utilized. Primidone is used in patients who have seizures to reduce their frequency. It is not clear how primidone helps with essential tremor symptoms, however, multiple studies have proven primidone to be just as effective as propranolol in essential tremor. One does of primidone can help relieve symptoms for up to twenty-four hours. There is a chance a patient will experience a buildup in their tolerance after using the medication for a year. Out of all patients who take primidone and propranolol to manage their essential tremor symptoms, between twenty-five and fifty percent will not respond to these medications. In these cases, another anti-seizure medication called topiramate may be utilized.

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