TY - JOUR T1 - High-dose thiamine and essential tremor JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2017-223945 VL - 2018 SP - bcr-2017-223945 AU - Antonio Costantini Y1 - 2018/03/30 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2017-223945.abstract N2 - Essential tremor is a common neurological disease. The medical treatment of this affection currently involves the use of propranolol, primidone and other drugs. These drugs, however, are often not effective in reducing tremor and cause side effects in a large share of the patients treated. The treatment with intramuscular high-dose thiamine has led to a rapid, remarkable and persistent improvement of the symptoms in two patients with essential tremor. This result suggests the possibility that high doses of intramuscular thiamine may be an affordable alternative, highly effective and long-lasting medical treatment that has shown no relevant side effect. ER -