Primidone Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Mysoline
What is Primidone?
Primidone is a barbituate anticonvulsant used for the management of grand mal, psychomotor, and focal seizures. Off label it is used for benign familial tremor, also known as essential tremor.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Essential Tremors | 6 |
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3 | ||
| Other | 4 |
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3 | |||
| Treat Parkinson's | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Myoclonus | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| Cramps, both arms | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Side effects too severe
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5 | 56% |
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Other
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3 | 33% |
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 22% |
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Doctor's advice
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2 | 22% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- txpr
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: none
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- txpr
- since Apr 17, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips I use this a night time when I am not on PD meds. See full evaluation
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- Shakin
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
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- Shakin
- 750 mg daily
- since May 15, 2008
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Efficacy
None
for Essential Tremors
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Side Effects
Moderate
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- StrkL
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: none
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
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- StrkL
- 200 mg daily
- since Aug 18, 2008
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Efficacy
Slight
for Essential Tremors
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Started before took sinemet, and had slight effect on tremor. When sinemet was started, had more effect on tremor than primidone. When sinemet was increase... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.