Treatments for Tremor

Treatment list for Tremor: The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Tremor includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

• Treatment of underlying cause of tremor
• Symptomatic drug therapy
• Thalamotomy (surgery)
• Braces

Treatments of Tremor discussion: There are some treatment options available for tremor; the appropriate treatment depends on accurate diagnosis of the cause. Some tremors respond to treatment of the underlying condition, for example in some cases of hysterical tremor treating the patient's underlying mental problem may cause the tremor to disappear. Also, patients with tremor due to Parkinson's disease may be treated with Levodopa drug therapy. Symptomatic drug therapy is available for several other tremors as well. For those cases of tremor in which there is no effective drug treatment, physical measures such as teaching the patient to brace the affected limb during the tremor are sometimes useful. Surgical intervention such as thalamotomy may be useful in certain cases. ¹

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from NINDS Tremor Information Page: NINDS

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