Essential Tremor: Update of Therapeutic Strategies.
In: Medicina clinica, Jg. 162 (2024-06-28), Heft 12, S. 599-605
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In the last decades there has been progress in the treatment of essential tremor (TE) especially in the surgical field and to a lesser extent in the pharmacological field. We carry out a review of the currently available treatments. The first intervention is the use of non-pharmacological and non-surgical strategies (general advice, occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychotherapy). With discrete advances, the pharmacological treatment is not very satisfactory. Only 30-60% of patients have a positive response, and in these the anti-tremor effectiveness is 40-60%. The first-line drugs are still propranolol and primidone. In cases with severe tremor we will consider a surgical option, the method of choice being thalamotomy using high-intensity focused ultrasound. In the future we must continue to study the pathophysiology of TE, develop drugs specifically designed for TE and improve the technology of available invasive techniques.
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Essential Tremor: Update of Therapeutic Strategies.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Gironell, A ; Marín-Lahoz, J ; Póveda, S |
Zeitschrift: | Medicina clinica, Jg. 162 (2024-06-28), Heft 12, S. 599-605 |
Veröffentlichung: | <2009- > : Madrid : Elsevier España ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Barcelona : Ediciones Doyma, S.A., 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1578-8989 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.medcli.2023.12.013 |
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