Clonidine in the treatment of essential tremor
β Scribed by Dr. William Koller; Gregory Herbster; Sandra Cone
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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β¦ Synopsis
The effect of clonidine treatment (average dose 0.4 mgiday) was investigated in 10 patients with essential tremor in a double-blind placebo-controlled design. Tremor amplitude and frequency were recorded with a n accelerometer. Tremor was not significantly altered by clonidine therapy. Side ef-
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