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What Causes Elevated Liver Enzymes?

Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2014

Question: I have normal mcv slightly raised ALT and GGT 70
I am obese and had a failed gastric bypass one year ago. My doctor mentioned alcohol intake but I have been abstinent for 3 months. I am also on lamotrigine. Does this result indicate alcoholism

Answered by Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta (1 hour later)

Brief answer
high liver enzymes could be because of Lamotrigine also.

Detailed answer...

Hello,

Thanks for the query.

Although alcohol is the most common cause for high ALT and GGT but other drugs like Lamotrigine or even some pain killers can cause high liver enzymes.

So to say that only alcohol can increase the liver enzymes is not entirely true.

I hope it helps, however you may revert to me for any further query.

Best of luck
Thanks

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Ashwin Bhandari