Beta blockade in lithium tremor.
Practolol, propranolol, and placebo have been tested on an objective test of lithium induced tremor. Both beta-blocking agents produced significantly more tremor than the placebo. It is argued that lithium induced tremor is closer to essential than to physiological tremor.
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000188:drug therapy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011217:Practolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014202:Tremor / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*
D008094:Lithium; D011433:Propranolol; D011217:Practolol