Abstract
The treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), in particular conventional drugs, induces an increased risk of fractures in women and in epileptic patients in treatment with AEDs for more than 12 years. A supplementation with calcium and vitamin D is suggested in patients chronically treated with some AEDs and there are recommendations to do so. The lack of significant conclusive evidence about the effects of conventional and newer AEDs on bone metabolism needs for more clinical studies in order to perform an appropriate use of calcium and vitamin D supplementation in young and ederly epileptic patients.
Keywords: AEDs, bone metabolism, calcium, vitamin D, women.
Current Clinical Pharmacology
Title:Conventional and New Antiepileptic Drugs on Vitamin D and Bone Health: What We Know to Date?
Volume: 11 Issue: 1
Author(s): Antonio Siniscalchi, Giovambattista De Sarro, Andzelika Michniewicz and Luca Gallelli
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Keywords: AEDs, bone metabolism, calcium, vitamin D, women.
Abstract: The treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), in particular conventional drugs, induces an increased risk of fractures in women and in epileptic patients in treatment with AEDs for more than 12 years. A supplementation with calcium and vitamin D is suggested in patients chronically treated with some AEDs and there are recommendations to do so. The lack of significant conclusive evidence about the effects of conventional and newer AEDs on bone metabolism needs for more clinical studies in order to perform an appropriate use of calcium and vitamin D supplementation in young and ederly epileptic patients.
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Siniscalchi Antonio, Sarro De Giovambattista, Michniewicz Andzelika and Gallelli Luca, Conventional and New Antiepileptic Drugs on Vitamin D and Bone Health: What We Know to Date?, Current Clinical Pharmacology 2016; 11 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157488471101160204121835
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157488471101160204121835 |
Print ISSN 1574-8847 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2212-3938 |
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