splenda
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Now I'm not talking about CYP450 but rather AST/ALT levels. These are typical liver enzymes that are tested for in standard blood tests for liver function. The cut off limit for AST/ALT levels are 60/40, respectively. People with hepatitis usually have AST/ALT levels up in the hundreds, and if the hepatitis is active it's usually in the thousands.
Anyway, recently, I had slightly elevated AST/ALT levels (48/44), so I retook an AST/ALT test along with a hepatitis C antibody test to see if I (ever had) hep C. Thankfully, I don't have any/never had any Hep. But on this new test my AST/ALT levels are now 73/47. :O. I dosed my methadone about 20 hours before I took the blood test... and I'm at 150mg. Is it possible that the methadone is what's causing the rise in AST/ALT? Or do you think I might have other liver-related problems, such as a fatty liver from being (currently) obese? If so, will losing weight (which I'm working on, goal is 150lbs by December), help this?
Thanks for any advice.
Anyway, recently, I had slightly elevated AST/ALT levels (48/44), so I retook an AST/ALT test along with a hepatitis C antibody test to see if I (ever had) hep C. Thankfully, I don't have any/never had any Hep. But on this new test my AST/ALT levels are now 73/47. :O. I dosed my methadone about 20 hours before I took the blood test... and I'm at 150mg. Is it possible that the methadone is what's causing the rise in AST/ALT? Or do you think I might have other liver-related problems, such as a fatty liver from being (currently) obese? If so, will losing weight (which I'm working on, goal is 150lbs by December), help this?
Thanks for any advice.