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Effect of propranolol on essential tremor.

AbstractThe investigators tested the effect of 120 mg propranolol daily on 21 patients with essential tremor using a double-blind cross-over method and electrical recording of tremor amplitude and frequency. The patients varied in age between 15 and 60 years and had a mean tremor frequency of 10 cps. Propranolol had no effect on the tremor frequency but reduced the amplutide in 15 of the patients. Propranolol was most effective in older patients and in those with slow tremor frequencies.
AuthorsH Teräväinen, R Fogelholm, A Larsen
JournalNeurology (Neurology) Vol. 26 Issue 1 Pg. 27-30 (Jan 1976) ISSN: 0028-3878 UNITED STATES
PMID1107883 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Propranolol
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Propranolol (therapeutic use)
  • Tremor (drug therapy, physiopathology)