A patient with a sudden, severe, shock-like muscular contractions is always a cause of worry for relatives and doctors alike. This article will provide a very short overview of a treatment of myoclonus. Myoclonus is a clinical presentation characterized by sudden, brief, shock­like, involuntary movements due to muscular contractions or inhibitions. Muscular contractions yield "positive myoclonus," whereas muscular inhibitions produce "negative myoclonus" or asterixis.

Myoclonic movements have many possible etiologies, anatomic sources, and pathophysiologic features. Treatment should generally be guided by the anatomic and physiologic classification of the myoclonus in question. Certain types of myoclonus can be partially or totally reversed by treating the underlying condition. For example myoclonus due to an acquired metabolic abnormality or an excisable lesion can be partially or…