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Headache Medications and Bone Health
Author(s) -
Friedman Deborah I.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2012.02181.x
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoporosis , levetiracetam , bone remodeling , vitamin d and neurology , bone mineral , topiramate , peak bone mass , bone density , bone resorption , carbamazepine , primidone , pediatrics , epilepsy , psychiatry
Bones are dynamic, living tissues that undergo a process of remodeling throughout the lifespan. The skeleton continues to strengthen after birth until bone mass peaks in the teens or early 20s. Bone remodeling depends on 2 types of cells: osteoblasts (which lay down new bone) and osteoclasts (which cause bone resorption or thinning). Bone density tends to run in the family so the bone health of your older relatives is an important consideration. Women tend to have less dense bones than men, and height is also a major influence: tall people tend to have denser bone, while short adults naturally have lower bone density. Calcium, parathyroid hormone, estrogens, serotonin, and vitamin D affect bone density.