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An anticholinergic medication may be recommended to reduce symptoms of bothersome tremor in people with Parkinson disease under age 70 who do not have significant akinesia or difficulty walking. Anticholinergics may be given alone, or with levodopa or dopamine agonists in people with more advanced disease who have a persistent tremor.
Practical Management of Pharmacologic Therapy. For patients who require daily maintenance treatment for essential tremor, a decision is made whether to start with primidone or propranolol. Usually, propranolol is started first in younger patients and primidone is started first in older individuals.