How effective is Primidone for Essential Tremor? (a real world drug study)
Summary:
Overall ratings: 3/5 Long term ratings: 3.1/5
This is a phase IV clinical study of how effective Primidone (primidone) is for Essential tremor and for what kind of people. The study is created by eHealthMe from 103 Primidone users and is updated continuously.
What is Primidone?
Primidone has active ingredients of primidone. It is often used in essential tremor. eHealthMe is studying from 10,474 Primidone users. Check the latest studies of Primidone.
What is Essential tremor?
Essential tremor is found to be associated with 224 drugs and 387 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Essential tremor.
103 people are studied for taking Primidone in Essential tremor
Overall effectiveness (number of people):

Long term (1+ years) effectiveness (number of people):

Primidone effectiveness for Essential tremor (number of people):
Overall:
- not at all: 4
- somewhat: 31
- moderate: 40
- high: 22
- very high: 6
Long Term:
- not at all: 0
- somewhat: 14
- moderate: 26
- high: 10
- very high: 6
Gender of people who take Primidone for Essential tremor *:
- female: 49.51 %
- male: 50.49 %
Age of people who take Primidone for Essential tremor *:
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 6.8 %
- 30-39: 10.68 %
- 40-49: 9.71 %
- 50-59: 20.39 %
- 60+: 52.43 %
Who find Primidone more effective for Essential Tremor?
Gender of people who take Primidone for Essential tremor *:
- female: 57.14 %
- male: 42.86 %
Age of people who take Primidone for Essential tremor *:
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.0 %
- 20-29: 3.5700000000000003 %
- 30-39: 14.29 %
- 40-49: 10.71 %
- 50-59: 17.86 %
- 60+: 53.57 %
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
Do you take Primidone?
- You can start a phase IV clinical trial to monitor Primidone safety and effectiveness.How to use the study?
DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.
Related studies
Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of:
- Primidone (10,474 reports)
Treatments, associated drugs and conditions:
- Essential tremor (3,381 reports)
How the study uses the data?
The study is based on primidone (the active ingredients of Primidone) and Primidone (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study neither.
Who is eHealthMe?
With medical big data and proven AI/ML algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).
WARNING, DISCLAIMER, USE FOR PUBLICATION
WARNING: Please DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting a physician since doing so could be hazardous to your health.
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