Lipitor and liver enzymes?

 Category: Lipitor

Questions and Answers

What do these liver enzymes mean?

Liver enzymes SGPT is 141
SGOT is 65
Is this bad?Doctor says stop lipitor

your enzymes are elevated, meaning your liver is having a hard time metabolizing the lipitor. Continue the drug and you will cause permanent liver damage.

Just found out liver enzymes elevated...help.....????

Been taking 10 mgs Lipitor since last May, just had blood test yesterday showing 'slighty elevated' liver enzymes according to the doc. My last test was in October and all was fine.Doc says to quit the drug to see if enzymes go back to normal in three months. My kids are worried. I'm confused, please help.

Perhaps plenty of beetroot might help as it is probably the best food there is for liver health and a web search for beetroot + liver will tell you more.

Elevated Liver enzymes, what is going on?

43 yr old male type II diabetic well controlled oral meds only. For over 25 years my liver tests are a bit high. Most docs tell me it is a fatty infiltration of the liver and not to worry. I stopped taking 80mg of lipitor and 120 mgs of tricor due to elevated tests. AST is 100 and ALT is 140, both nearly 3 times normal. Triglycerides went up from 200 to 411 in just 2 weeks. Hep screen all negative. Any advice?

I would suggest that you get further testing done to determine exactly the health of your liver if you haven't already done this. I assume you haven't since you would know more about it than you do now. You need a CT scan done, and a biopsy could really tell you a lot.

Your liver is telling you that something is irritating it when it's elevated, and something is really bothering yours at the numbers you mentioned for your lab work. And to have this happening for 25 years leads me to believe that you really should check into your condition further. Cholesterol lowering drugs also are hard on the liver, and that's why you can't take them. I would be curious to know what your biliruben, platelets, and INR lab results are also since those things can also point to liver problems.

You should know whether or not your elevated numbers might be due to developing cirrhosis. A fatty liver can progress to cirrhosis with some people over time. They don't know why this happens with some people, but it does.

If your own doctor won't give you further testing, talk to a gastroenterologist or hepatologist about it. A hepatologist is the expert when it comes to liver disease. Don't automatically assume it is cirrhosis since other things can cause these numbers to elevate. My concern is that they have been elevated for 25 years. Also avoid all alcohol. It is poison to a bad liver, so avoid it until you find out more.