Liver Test Results after Statins

(Sorry, just seen someone else pointed that out upthread)

I assume you’ll refuse ‘modern’ treatment if you’re ever taken ill then Cariad?

Redhead56

I have CKD thanks to long term medication for arthritis which had to be stopped abruptly. Medication does have a habit of causing other problems there will be a way to resolve this.
I started statins a few months ago and I will be interested in results when I have my next liver function tests. My scan was a few years ago tests can fluctuate it could be fatty liver tissue which is common as we age. It might be the statins causing a reaction on the liver tests but the medication can be altered to alleviate it.

What is CKD?

I’m guessing it’s Chronic Kidney Disease?

Sillyoldbird

I’m guessing it’s Chronic Kidney Disease?

Statins can mess with liver enzymes sometimes, so I think is that instead

Megan777 sorry, i didn’t mean me, I was replying to Daddima who asked what CKD stood for.

This is what the NHS has to say about statins/liver disease.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/statins/considerations/

Bisoprolol is definitely not a statin ( & is a beta blocker). Don't worry too much as liver enzymes (liver function tests ) are one of the most temporary measures there is in medicine. Probably the statins caused it ( that's why they do check) & when you're not taking them down they'll go like clockwork.

CariadAgain

With so much to learn - I have to restrict myself purely and simply to stuff that concerns me - I've never studied stuff to do with childbirth/children/mens issues - because none of those things concern me.

I had a mammogram once - and I'm glad it worked out for you. I came out thinking ".....and that's another darn thing where they haven't told it like it is to me" - as they hadnt mentioned:
a. It would be painful (errr....the whole idea of healthcare is not to have any pain imo).
b. It can actually cause health problems for some women (ie from compressing the breasts).

One of the reasons I'm anti conventional healthcare is they have such a tendency to state that what they do in the way of tests and/or treatment isn't painful or uncomfortable or, if they have no choice but to admit it, then they say it will be rather less than it turns out to be.

Looking back on my own life:
1. We'll only put you into that scanner machine (can't recall what it's called) a little way and then they inched and inched and inched even further - until I told them very firmly "No further - the problem area is the bottom half of my body and no higher".
2. That painful breast scan.
3. Thankfully I'd not decided on the contraceptive loop - or I could have landed up in all innocence finding out "They should use anaesthetic - they probably will try not to". But a friend of mine went in in ignorance and came back and told me that painful little fact they'd not told her or prevented.
4. When I decided on a sterilisation operation (in my 20's) they refused to do it - because I'm a woman! and 50 years later they still refuse a lot of people (because they're women) and whilst doing it for men! Cue for me having to pay a private clinic to do it for me - as they weren't going to discriminate against women like that. They took my £100 (as it was at the time) and Job Done.
5. They think it perfectly acceptable to stick a needle in you - whether for a blood test or jab or whatever - without using local anaesthetic on you first.

No wonder I don't trust conventional medicine as far as I can chuck it....they so often forget the whole purpose of medicine is so that one doesn't feel pain or discomfort (so why do they dish out so much of it themselves?!).

Just a small comment on your rant. The reason they refused your sterilisation was because to all intents and purpose was because you were a perfectly healthy woman.
That’s what I was told at age 34.
Having read your post is there anything in the 21st century field of medicine that you appreciate 🤷‍♀️

I had raised liver function showed up on routine test. Just have to have them done again later. Raised liver function can be caused by certain medications and also lifestyle. It can be reversed.

valdavi

Bisoprolol is definitely not a statin ( & is a beta blocker). Don't worry too much as liver enzymes (liver function tests ) are one of the most temporary measures there is in medicine. Probably the statins caused it ( that's why they do check) & when you're not taking them down they'll go like clockwork.

Valdavi thanks for that - very reassuring.

I think the reason I got so worried was because of how high the reading was. Still, I’ve been taking them for around 4 months and you’re supposed to test after 8 weeks. So maybe there’s been a build-up of enzymes during this time.

Granmarderby10

seadragon Bisoprolol is a type of beta-blocker and not a statin.
Do you have to buy the coenzyme Q10 yourself?

I’ve been on bisopolol for the past few weeks and the surgery want me to start on statins.
I really am not sure what to do.
I had an echocardiogram today and got the impression that my heart isn’t in such a bad state. I’ll wait for the cardiologist to give me his report.

Just a bit of an update in case anyone’s interested. I went for my ultrasound scan on Tuesday - my GP asked them to look at my liver and gallbladder (as I’d been having some intermittent pain and stomach problems) .
The full report hasn’t reached my GP yet but the doctor who did the scan did say there was nothing to worry about but I did have gallstones.
I’ve been quite poorly for the last two weeks so presuming this it’s what’s causing it.
However, my poor health anxiety brain is telling me that they found something else more serious .
Sometimes, I even annoy myself.

Hello Sillyoldbird, came across your post. Glad you have the answer to your problems and hope you are feeling better. What is 'enhanced’ liver function test? Is it the same as the normal liver function test where you can do it at your local surgery? Does it indicate, shows the ALT, ASTs? I am waiting for my scan. Hope I haven't interrupted anything. All the best.

Aprilgem, I don’t think that’s the official name for it, but what I meant was a more in-depth test than the usual one and specifically looking at other markers (GGT I think) that would show up any problems caused by the statins.
It’s just done at the GP surgery.
Hope all goes well with your scan. They can take such a long time can’t they? Luckily my GP asked for fine to be done urgently - I think because I was so worried as had other symptoms .

Thanks.
I think when we get to a certain age, we have all kinds of symptoms coming up. NHS is busy and waiting times is awful, Wish we have more new hospitals, specialist clinics and recruit more healthcare workers.