INTRODUCTION ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS AEDS ARE KNOWN TO INTERFERE VITAMIN D METABOLISM THROUGH ACTIVATING OF THE PREGNANE X RECEPTOR PXR THIS PXR INCREASED REGULATION 24HYDROXYLASEAND TRIGGER VITAMIN D CHANGES INTO INACTIVE METABOLITES AS FOUND IN LEBANON HYPOVITAMINOSIS D REACHES 70 AND 236 IN THAILAND CARBAMAZEPINE PHENYTOIN PHENOBARBITAL AND VALPROIC ACID THE FIRST GENERATIONAEDS ARE WIDELY USED IN CIPTO MANGUNKUSUMO HOSPITAL KNOWLEDGE OF VITAMIN D LEVEL PREVALENCE OF HYPOVITAMINOSIS D AND ITS INFLUENCING FACTORS CAN BE REDUCED THE ADVERSE EFFECT OF LONGTERM AEDS
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