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Can Cartia 100mg Be Taken After Bypass Anastomossis For Heart Revascularization?
Hello Doctor, I am a female 65 years old , last year I had a bypass anastomossis for heart revascularization, I take the following medecines: 1 cartia 100mg 1 lipitpr 80g tab. now reduced to 40mg 1 metoprplol tartrate 100mg and my GOT AST is 78 U/L GPT alt is134 GGT is 58 U/L Is this Situation curable? Awaiting your reply, thanking you in advance, Very Much
Fri, 28 Apr 2017
Hello.
Thanks for posting here. I have gone through your description.
Lipitor can cause increase in the liver enzymes. Your liver enzymes are high but not very high to stop lipitor. I guess thats why your doctor has reduced the dose to 40 mg.
If the liver enzymes SGOT and SGPT are greater than 3 times the normal range, they are stopped. These levels usually come down when stop therapy or reduce your lipitor dose. So in short, this is a reversible increase in the enzymes. Please continue lipitor at 40 mg and do a LFT after two weeks. If the levels continue to increase, then statin can be stopped for a period of four weeks.
We must also consider the probability of fatty liver disease in this case, which can also cause increase in liver enzyme levels. Please do a sonography of the abdomen to rule out fatty liver disease.
Cartia and metoprolol do not affect liver enzyme levels and can be safely continued.
Wishing you good health.
Regards
Thanks for posting here. I have gone through your description.
Lipitor can cause increase in the liver enzymes. Your liver enzymes are high but not very high to stop lipitor. I guess thats why your doctor has reduced the dose to 40 mg.
If the liver enzymes SGOT and SGPT are greater than 3 times the normal range, they are stopped. These levels usually come down when stop therapy or reduce your lipitor dose. So in short, this is a reversible increase in the enzymes. Please continue lipitor at 40 mg and do a LFT after two weeks. If the levels continue to increase, then statin can be stopped for a period of four weeks.
We must also consider the probability of fatty liver disease in this case, which can also cause increase in liver enzyme levels. Please do a sonography of the abdomen to rule out fatty liver disease.
Cartia and metoprolol do not affect liver enzyme levels and can be safely continued.
Wishing you good health.
Regards
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