Elevated Liver Enzymes, Don't Want to Quit Babesia Treatment

I just got my liver enzymes checked by my primary care doctor (not LLMD).

They are elevated..

AST = 53 (normal range 15-37)
ALT = 86 (normal range 10-40)

The last time they were elevated my LLMD wanted me to take a break for a month from my meds. I felt worse and didn't like breaking that long, but it brought them back down.

I just don't want to stop babesia treatment. Especially being just 3.5 weeks in. I really want to take the mepron/zith for at least 4 months before stopping. I have been showing signs of babesia and bartonella and my plan is to try to knock out babesia with this combo then start attacking bartonella.

I have read that milk thistle cannot be taken with Mepron so just not sure what to do at this point..

Are these levels dangerously high? Or not bad?

I took milk thistle thru my two rounds of mepron. Half way thru second round was double dose.

Your AST is not bad, and ALT is only moderately high. Sometimes Bart can raise AST/ALT levels and it may not be from Mepron treatment. The first time I had elevated AST/ALT we stopped Rif/Zith/Doxy for only 10 days before getting PICC line and starting IV Rocephin and oral Zith then adding Rif back in.
Retested and AST/ALT were lower.

Sometimes an elevated AST/ALT can be just a lab abnomally. I had several later occurrences of elevated AST/ALT and did not stop abx protocol.

Sundown Naturals has a milk thistle Extra with dandelion root, licorice and fennel added.

I had rising liver enzymes on lyme treatment.

My regular Dr. wasn't even concerned - they were a bit higher than yours'.

She says she's seen them 3X the top limit.

My LLND had me take a 2 1/2 month break and they went to normal.

then I started Bart treatment - and they never rose again.

Maybe the lyme treatment was stirring up Bart? And that caused the rise?
IDK.

So, not dangerously high...not even close.

Maybe a couple weeks stopping will lower them somewhat...and you can resume. You may not need a month.
What does your LLMD say about taking milk thistle?

tickbite666 said...
My LLMD said milk thistle may impact mepron by only 2 or 3 % or so.

Are you also taking Mepron with some good fats for better absorption?

I am taking it with peanut butter, but getting sick of it.. What did you use?

Peanut Butter... Teddy's organic. Or handful of nuts. If I'm not mistaken I've heard that Coconut Oil is good too.

Have you used any Cryptolepsis or Sida Acuta yet?

tickbite666 said...
Peanut Butter... Teddy's organic. Or handful of nuts. If I'm not mistaken I've heard that Coconut Oil is good too.

Have you used any Cryptolepsis or Sida Acuta yet?

Thank you! And yes I take CSA 60 drops twice a day.. I have been for about 4 months and haven't seen improvement.

tickbite666 said...
My LLMD and I thought we were fighting a Mepron resistant strain of Babs or BLO. I had plateau'd at 55 or 60 percent healed and was seeing no further progress. I worked in Cat's Claw and JK in with CSA too. Then we took another hard hit at Bart and that pushed me up to 85% or so.

Then weaned off abx and stayed on the herbals but relapsed after 3 months. I'm back to 85 to 90% again after two years from the relapse.

last 20% is toughest.

Maybe I need to hit bart a second time...I did it once, then recently did Babesia treatment. So another few jabs at bart...maybe is what's needed.



After the relapse - did you do bart and babs again?

tickbite666 said...
My LLMD and I thought we were fighting a Mepron resistant strain of Babs or BLO. I had plateau'd at 55 or 60 percent healed and was seeing no further progress. I worked in Cat's Claw and JK in with CSA too. Then we took another hard hit at Bart and that pushed me up to 85% or so.

Then weaned off abx and stayed on the herbals but relapsed after 3 months. I'm back to 85 to 90% again after two years from the relapse.

last 20% is toughest.

I'm taking JK and Cats Claw as well as Houttuynia along with the CSA.

I am stuck at 55-60% right now.. I was so happy when I saw improvement my first three months of treating then I just hit a brick wall.

What did you take for bart to get to 80%? Rifampin?