What are the drug treatments for essential tremor?
There are several medications that are used to treat essential tremor. Most commonly are two. A medication called Primidone which was developed as an anti-seizure medication but was found, incidentally, to be helpful in some people with essential tremor. Then the second medication that is commonly used is called Propranolol, or Inderall is another name for that medication. There are several others; Topiramate or Topamax more recently has been described as being beneficial for some people with essential tremor. A medication called Gabapentin, also known as Neurontin, has been sort of variably described and has had mixed results in the treatment of essential tremor. Medications that are from the Valium category have been occasionally reported as being beneficial for essential tremor. And sometimes these medications are used in combination.
