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Medicine prescribed for benign essential tremor (sounds like myciline) 50 mg bid?

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Dr. Gamal Boutros answered

Mysoline (primidone): Primidone is old medicine which break to phenobarbitol, it helps essential tremors, usually taken starting 50 mg.

Dr Altman agreed

Answered 10/2/2018

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