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Essential tremor: Which Medications Are Safest? (73 Drugs Compared)

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73 medications are used for Essential tremor, with 646 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Essential tremor are PROPRANOLOL and TOPIRAMATE.

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All Medications for Essential tremor Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
PROPRANOLOL Propranolol Hydrochloride 156 3,221 4,912 16.6%
TOPIRAMATE Topiramate 125 3,527 7,098 12.3%
PRIMIDONE Primidone 123 241 387 15.9%
GABAPENTIN Gabapentin 68 11,101 16,499 14.9%
CLONAZEPAM Clonazepam 46 8,488 12,506 21.5%
ZONISAMIDE Zonisamide 26 299 1,424 6.3%
METOPROLOL metoprolol succinate 18 6,575 15,925 15.9%
IODINE\IOFLUPANE I-123 - 14 7 15 1.6%
TOBRAMYCIN TOBRAMYCIN 14 1,306 5,106 11.3%
LEVETIRACETAM Levetiracetam 12 4,322 19,165 6.9%
SODIUM OXYBATE sodium oxybate 12 537 6,147 0.9%
ONABOTULINUMTOXINA - 11 1,489 2,307 3.0%
ALPRAZOLAM Alprazolam 10 16,072 15,996 33.2%
LORAZEPAM Lorazepam 7 6,187 15,431 18.5%
PREGABALIN Pregabalin 7 8,959 22,920 8.8%
DIAZEPAM Diazepam 6 12,045 13,635 31.6%
AMANTADINE Amantadine 5 483 1,579 9.4%
ATENOLOL Atenolol and Chlorthalidone 5 1,722 5,024 14.0%
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA - 5 12,844 25,836 22.0%
DEUTETRABENAZINE Austedo 5 411 704 7.0%

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