We report seven patients with orthostatic tremor (OT) who were successfully treated with the anticonvulsant gabapentin. Five of the patients had been previously tried on clonazepam, the most commonly used drug for OT, four without any benefit. The degree of improvement perceived by the patients with
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Gabapentin may improve orthostatic tremor
- Book ID
- 120849972
- Publisher
- Adis International Limited (now part of Wolters Kluwer Health)
- Year
- 2006
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- &NA;
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1173-8324
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