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PROPRANOLOL IN THE TREATMENT OF TREMOR
Author(s) -
Gilligan Bernard S.,
Veale John L.,
Wodak Jack
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb46801.x
Subject(s) - propranolol , essential tremor , parkinsonism , placebo , medicine , double blind , anesthesia , physical medicine and rehabilitation , alternative medicine , pathology , disease
A double‐blind controlled trial of propranolol (Inderal), in a dosage of between 120 and 240 mg a day, and a placebo, each given for two weeks to patients suffering from Parkinsonism or essential tremor, showed that propranolol has a beneficial effect of varying degree on both types of tremor.