Calcium, vitamin D improve bone density in patients taking antiepileptic drugs
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
A recent prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial reports that calcium and vitamin D supplementation improves bone density in a group of male veterans with epilepsy who were treated chronically with antiepileptic drugs. These results suggest that risedronate, a bisphosphonate, may help to prevent new vertebral fractures when taken with calcium and vitamin D supplementation.