Hyponatremia associated with osteoporosis in epilepsy
Enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs may put patients at particular risk of low plasma sodium, researchers say
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In patients with epilepsy, hyponatremia is associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis, researchers from Denmark report.
As many as 46% of patients with epilepsy experience hyponatremia, a common side effect of several antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), according to Dr Sarah Diemar, of Rigshospitalet Glostrup and Odense University Hospital, and colleagues.