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Can Hypertension Drugs Cause Elevated Liver Enzyme Readings?
Question: Is there a possible correlation between my hypertension drugs, doxazosin, lisinopril, amlodipine and a slightly elivated liver enzyme reading?
Brief Answer:
could be
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Although I can't tell for sure, I can confirm that these drugs may indeed raise the liver enzymes. Slight elevations on liver enzymes are more commonly caused by fatty liver. Patients with hypertension are more often overweight or obese than normotensive individuals. Being overweight promotes fat deposition on the liver.
Further testing is required to exclude various causes of hepatitis and to confirm fatty liver or blame the drugs.
An ultrasound scan of the liver should suffice to demonstrate fatty liver if this is indeed the case. Other blood tests need to be done to investigate potential liver damage.
ALT , AST, ALP, gamma-GT, antinuclear antibodies and antibodies against hepatitis B and C would help. Regarding hepatitis B HBsAg, antiHBc IgM/IgG and antiHBs are sufficient to start with.
I hope you find my comments helpful!
You can contact me again if you'd like any clarification or further information.
Kind regards!
could be
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Although I can't tell for sure, I can confirm that these drugs may indeed raise the liver enzymes. Slight elevations on liver enzymes are more commonly caused by fatty liver. Patients with hypertension are more often overweight or obese than normotensive individuals. Being overweight promotes fat deposition on the liver.
Further testing is required to exclude various causes of hepatitis and to confirm fatty liver or blame the drugs.
An ultrasound scan of the liver should suffice to demonstrate fatty liver if this is indeed the case. Other blood tests need to be done to investigate potential liver damage.
ALT , AST, ALP, gamma-GT, antinuclear antibodies and antibodies against hepatitis B and C would help. Regarding hepatitis B HBsAg, antiHBc IgM/IgG and antiHBs are sufficient to start with.
I hope you find my comments helpful!
You can contact me again if you'd like any clarification or further information.
Kind regards!
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