Essential tremor responsive to levetiracetam

Essential tremor is one of the most common movementdisorders with a prevalence of 0.4% to 3.9% in the generalpopulation and increases with age. The medical treatmentavailable for patients with essential tremor is ofteninadequate. Propranolol and primidone are the first-linetreatment options, improving in up to two thirds of cases.This article reports a satisfying response to levetiracetamwith disabling essential tremor in a 58-year-old man whompropranolol as well as primidone had to be discontinueddue to unresponsiveness and severe side effects. One ofthe antiepileptic drugs, levetiracetam, may be more usefulin the treatment of essential tremor. J Clin Exp Invest2012; 3(1): 108-110