Epilepsy and deficiency of vitamin D and-or Magnesium
References - VitaminDWiki and Web
Good review of Vitamin D Evidence for Epilepsy Vitamin D Council Feb 2013 – $5 paywall
Vitamin D Deficiency Among Children With Epilepsy in South Queensland PubMed Jan 2013, 63% of children had < 30 ng of Vitamin D
Prevalence and risk factors for vitamin D insufficiency among children with epilepsy PubMed June 2010
Hypothesis – UV treat epilepsy – Feb 2011 2011 in VitaminDWiki
Learning Disabilities, anti-epileptic drugs, and subsequent vitamin D deficiency - Oct 2014
Epilepsy seizures reduced by 40 percent after vitamin D levels normalized – April 2012
Correction of vitamin D deficiency improves seizure control in epilepsy: a pilot study VitaminDWiki May 2012
- 40% reduction with vitamin D supplementation, next article says how much
- Correction of This Vitamin Deficiency Shown to Improve Seizure Control in Epilepsy Mercola May 2012 reporting on item above
- apparently previous study used a single dose, which ranged in size from 40,000 – 200,000 IU
- Anti-Epileptic Drugs and Vitamin D Deficiency Livestrong Oct 2010
- One of the hazards of using anticonvulsants is that they can lead to a deficiency in vitamin D
Epilepsy category listing has items along with related searches
Google search for Seizures at VitaminDWiki 283 as of May 2014
Hypothesis: Some Mental Illness could be treated or prevented with vitamin D VitaminDWiki
Children with epilepsy advised to take vitamin D – July 2013
Epilepsy and Vitamin D peer-reviewed paper, Sept 2013; PDF is behind paywall
BONE DISEASE IN EPILEPSY: THE FORGOTTEN SIDE EFFECT Oct 2013; J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
- Patients with epilepsy are at 2–6 times higher risk of bone fractures compared to the general population
- 2/3 of the vitamin D deficient epilepsy patients were not treated with vitamin D, some of whom had bone fractures
REVIEW: Epilepsy and Vitamin D July 2014; 6 pages, pay-per-view
Low vitamin D levels are common in patients with epilepsy July 2014
- Vitamin D deficiency was present in 45% of patients on antiepileptic drugs.
Magnesium Deficiency
- Epilepsy and Magnesium lots of information, such as
- In a trial with 30 epileptics 450 mg of magnesium supplied daily successfully controlled seizures.
- Another study found that the lower the magnesium blood levels the more severe was the epilepsy.
- In 28 cases children of all ages, stricken with epilepsy failed to respond or responded only slightly to modern drugs and therapy.
- Placed on high doses of magnesium, they experienced stunning improvement .
Magnesium, Calcium, and Epilepsy Livestrong June 2011, several references
Can magnesium supplementation reduce seizures in people with epilepsy? A hypothesis PubMed June 2012
Discussion of Magnesium Being a cure Epilepsy.com large discussion, lots of links
Magnesium may be an important way to treat brain trauma at VitaminDWiki
- Treatment and perhaps prevention of Brain Trauma
Evidence for natural approaches to to reduce Epilepsy
- Natural approaches to epilepsy PubMed March 2007 PDF is attached at the bottom of this page - a summary chart follows
Epileptic seizures most prevalent in the winter: graph from study attached at the bottom of this page
