Levodopa can worsen tremor associated with dystonia

✍ Scribed by Davina J. Hensman; Peter G. Bain

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 83 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-3185
• DOI: 10.1002/mds.21043

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A patient with tremor associated with spasmodic dysphonia developed a marked exacerbation of her upper limb tremor whilst on co‐careldopa (Sinemet CR) that improved when the drug was withdrawn. © 2006 Movement Disorder Society