Elevated ALT

[DEADlifter]

Good study showing exercised-induced liver enzyme elevation.

The link above was posted by NobleSavage.

I had labs done last week and everything was great except my ALT was 83. I am getting new bloodwork done Friday. I had no idea of the correlation between lifting and ALT/AST levels.

When my doctor also ordered a hepatitis test I was worried to say the least. Looking at this study, along with the comments on the original post by andy, has eased my nerves a little. Tons of info in the Underground. Thanks guys.

 

[DEADlifter]

The link above was posted by NobleSavage.

I had labs done last week and everything was great except my ALT was 83. I am getting new bloodwork done Friday.

I had no idea of the correlation between lifting and ALT/AST levels.

When my doctor also ordered a hepatitis test I was worried to say the least. Looking at this study, along with the comments on the original post by andy, has eased my nerves a little. Tons of info in the Underground. Thanks guys.

 

[DEADlifter]

The study was posted by NobleSavage. I am a copy/paste/format moron.

 

[CohibaRobusto]

Mine went from 116 at the end of 28 day dbol, which seems to be known for elevated liver functions, down to 85, 2 weeks later. Used some TUDCA (sp?) to help get it lower.

From what I understand it's just a red flag, but does not necesaarily indicate liver damage, and those levels can get a lot higher before you really need to be concerned.

 

[MrRippedZilla]

I wrote about this stuff on another board and in a post here years ago.

Basically, ALT/AST levels are meaningless for this community. GGT is what you want - any elevation of that equals direct liver damage (not stress, damage). Bilirubin has its place but not as a solo measurement (unless it's really high, twice the reference range for example). Best approach is to check out GGT + Bilirubin and ignore the rest.

 

[CJ]

I went through this, slightly elevated AST/ALT on every blood test. Went to a specialist, had bloodwork done monthly for quite some time, lots of sit down conversations, all before I ever started TRT/AAS.

Conclusion... It's just my baseline, because I perform hard exercise regularly. Just the liver dealing with after effects of hard exertion.

 

[testboner]

Best / most effective thing for lowering liver counts — quit the offending compounds, run between 100-200mg glutathione injections eod for 6-8 weeks prior to retest of labs.