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Chapter 5 - Antiseizure Medications and Hormones

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2024

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Mona Sazgar
Edited by
Esther Bui  and
P. Emanuela Voinescu
Esther Bui
Affiliation:
Toronto Western Hospital
P. Emanuela Voinescu
Affiliation:
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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Summary

Antiseizure medications (ASMs) have endocrine related side effects. Long term use of ASMs may result in menstrual irregularities, sexual dysfunction, anovulatory cycles, polycystic ovaries, and reduced fertility. Some ASMs also interfere with glucose and bone metabolism, as well as normal thyroid function. Other ASMs may result in syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion (SIADH) and hyponatremia. Epilepsy patients treated with ASMs are at risk for bone loss and fractures. This chapter explores the endocrine and hormonal effects of antiseizure medications.

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Antiseizure medicationsASMsexual dysfunctionhyponatremiaweight gainbone lossfracturesSIADHPCOSThyroid dysfunction
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Women with Epilepsy
A Practical Management Handbook
 , pp. 84 - 100
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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