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To assess the relative impact of various anticonvulsant monotherapies and polytherapy regimens on biochemical markers of vitamin D and calcium metabolism in epilepsy outpatients.

June 1, 1986QJM

A Comparative Study of the Relative Influence of Different Anticonvulsant Drugs, UV Exposure and Diet on Vitamin D and Calcium Metabolism in Out-Patients with Epilepsy

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To assess the relative impact of various anticonvulsant monotherapies and polytherapy regimens on biochemical markers of vitamin D and calcium metabolism in epilepsy outpatients.
Assessed serum calcium, 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25OHD), and alkaline phosphatase in 226 outpatients with epilepsy.
Categorized patients into monotherapy regimens (carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbitone, or sodium valproate) and a combination polytherapy group.
Polytherapy induced the most severe biochemical disruptions, with phenobarbitone monotherapy causing more severe hypocalcaemia than carbamazepine or phenytoin monotherapy.
25OHD concentrations decreased similarly across carbamazepine, phenytoin, and phenobarbitone groups with significant elevations in alkaline phosphatase.
Sodium valproate monotherapy produced no reduction in 25OHD levels, no elevation in alkaline phosphatase, and no instances of subnormal calcium levels (<2.1 mmol/l).

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Comparative study reveals drug-specific disruptions in vitamin D and calcium metabolism in outpatients with epilepsy, indicating heightened osteomalacia risk with enzyme-inducing polytherapy.

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Gough et al. (1986) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa205659381edd5a407e93e https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a067984

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Comparative study reveals drug-specific disruptions in vitamin D and calcium metabolism in outpatients with epilepsy, indicating heightened osteomalacia risk with enzyme-inducing polytherapy.

A Comparative Study of the Relative Influence of Different Anticonvulsant Drugs, UV Exposure and Diet on Vitamin D and Calcium Metabolism in Out-Patients with Epilepsy

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A Comparative Study of the Relative Influence of Different Anticonvulsant Drugs, UV Exposure and Diet on Vitamin D and Calcium Metabolism in Out-Patients with Epilepsy

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