Ineffective treatment of essential tremor with an alcohol, methylpentynol.
Six patients with essential tremor tested in the therapeutic effectiveness of a 6-carbon alcohol, methylpentynol, 200 mg/day, against placebo in a randomised double-blind clinical cross-over trial. The effect of methylpentynol on postural tremor amplitude was not different from that of placebo.
D000328:Adult; D000438:Alcohols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000439:Pentanols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011897:Random Allocation; D014202:Tremor / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000438:Alcohols; D000439:Pentanols; C004347:methylpentynol