Table 3.

Treatable conditions which may present mainly with tremor. Syndromes including tremor can be treated according to the underlying etiology of the disease.

Syndromes including tremor symptoms	Possible therapeutic interventions	Allocated example
Genetic syndromes involving metal metabolism	Chelators	Wilson’s disease
Storage disorders	Substrate reduction therapy, increase of lysosomal activity	Niemann-Pick type C
Syndromes attributable to trinucleotide repeat diseases	Antisense oligonucleotides	Spinocerebellar ataxia
Infection	Treatment of specific infection	Tick-borne encephalitis
Inflammation	Treatment of specific inflammation	Multiple sclerosis
Autoimmune neuropathies	Immunoglobulin therapy, corticosteroids	Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Paraneoplasia	Treatment of the underlying cause	Paraneoplastic anti-Yo cerebellar tremor ataxia syndrome
Endocrine or metabolic diseases	Treatment of the underlying cause	Hyperthyroidism
Medications	Change or omit the medication	Cyclosporine
Toxins	Remove toxin	Heavy-metal exposures
Psychoactive drugs	Omit substances	Caffeine
Affective changes and consequences of physical exertion	Relaxing techniques and thoughtful physical exertion/exercise	Progressive muscle relaxation