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Drug-Induced Tremor

Aka: Drug-Induced Tremor, Toxic Tremor, Medication Causes of Tremor, Metabolic Causes of Tremor
  1. Causes: Metabolic Causes of Tremor
    1. Hepatic Encephalopathy (Ammonia)
    2. Hypocalcemia
    3. Hypoglycemia
    4. Hyponatremia
    5. Hypomagnesemia
    6. Hyperthyroidism
    7. Hyperparathyroidism
    8. Vitamin B12 Deficiency
  2. Causes: Postural Tremor
    1. Amiodarone
      1. Postural Tremor, ataxia, and Peripheral Neuropathy
    2. Procainamide
    3. Beta Adrenergic Agonists (Albuterol)
    4. Epinephrine
    5. Pseudophedrine
    6. Terbutaline
    7. Theophylline
    8. Corticosteroids
    9. Calcitonin
    10. Cyclosporine
    11. Levothyroxine (Synthroid)
    12. Tricyclic Antidepressants
    13. Valproic Acid
    14. Caffeine
    15. Methylphenidate (Ritalin)
    16. Amphetamines
    17. Cocaine
  3. Causes: Intention Tremor
    1. Alcohol
    2. Lithium Toxicity
  4. Causes: Rest Tremor
    1. Metoclopramide (Reglan)
    2. Haloperidol (Haldol)
    3. Trifluoperazine
  5. Causes: Other Medications that provoke Tremor
    1. Atorvastatin (Lipitor)
    2. Carbamazepine (Tegretol)
    3. Fluoxetine (Prozac)
    4. Hypoglycemic medications
    5. Verapamil
  6. References
    1. Crawford (2011) Am Fam Physician 83(6): 697-702
    2. Deuschl (1998) Mov Disord 13:13
    3. Smaga (2003) Am Fam Physician 68:1545-53

Toxic tremor (C0234382)

Concepts Sign or Symptom (T184)
SnomedCT 18908003
English Toxic tremor, NOS, Tremor, toxic, Toxic tremor (finding), Toxic tremor
Spanish temblor tóxico (hallazgo), temblor tóxico
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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