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Posted 7/19/2018 4:51 PM (GMT -5)
Hello,

So I just started treatment for bart not too long ago and my CMP results from a couple days ago is showing a slightly high ALT level and my doctor has ordered me to go in for another blood draw in 3 days. Should I be worried about this?

She told me that it can be due to the medication, supplements, or even herx. My levels are at 62 right now. Anyone else experience elevated liver enzyme levels while treating? When should you be worried enough to stop treatment?

Thanks,
Peter
Posted 7/19/2018 5:11 PM (GMT -5)
Yes I had some higher liver function tests when I was treating Lyme and took a 2 1/2 month break so they could normalize and then I went on bart treatment and they have not risen since. (Three years ago)

I suspect that the liver enzymes were possibly high due to bart infection being provoked with the Lyme abx.
Posted 7/19/2018 5:17 PM (GMT -5)
Mine came down with ALA, it might have been a coincidence.
Posted 7/19/2018 6:14 PM (GMT -5)
Mine were slighty high one time. Freaked me out. Came down to range the next time and the last time were much lower like they used to be. I assume it was herx related.
Posted 7/19/2018 8:57 PM (GMT -5)
Mine were very high before I was diagnosed while I was on amoxicillian. Not knowing I had lyme, the drs assumed it was the abx that caused it, and maybe it was a combo, I guess I'll never know. I've heard that certain abx/herbs can cause liver levels to go up.

Post Edited (PDXtransplant) : 7/19/2018 8:03:06 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 7/19/2018 9:17 PM (GMT -5)
Actually if your muscles are real fatiqued your ast and alt will be high and some doctors will think you have hepatitis it is even on cdc website that muscle disease can raise ast/alt and make it look like hep. So keep that in mind how is your muscles feeling? Did you walk a lot? Workout? Etc
Posted 7/19/2018 9:43 PM (GMT -5)
My drs called mine 'antibiotic caused hepatatis'. I think it was a reaction of the lyme with amoxicllian.
Posted 7/19/2018 10:01 PM (GMT -5)

Donjr said...
Actually if your muscles are real fatiqued your ast and alt will be high and some doctors will think you have hepatitis it is even on cdc website that muscle disease can raise ast/alt and make it look like hep. So keep that in mind how is your muscles feeling? Did you walk a lot? Workout? Etc

Wow!!!! I'd never heard this before. Maybe this explains what keeps happening to me. I've taken abx 3 times in the last 1.5 years (7 days each time). Then after I'm done wirh it, I start getting worse muscle fatigue to the point it gets debilitating. Takes months to recover. No one has been able to tell me why.

I just took abx again 2 weeks ago. I don't have insurance anymore, so I can't even get tested to see what my levels are now.

That's good to know, though.

So if someone does have increased muscle fatigue, what do you do about it?
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