Author: tearj3rker
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:26 am
I’ve experienced higher liver enzymes while on Sub … but they definitely weren’t caused by the Sub – I know that for a fact.
I just gotta say that a LOT of medications have warnings about potential liver damage / stress. It’s mostly precautionary. If a medication had the potential to cause liver damage to previously healthy livers, it wouldn’t be on the market. That’s a fact.
The liver warnings on medications are mostly for people with existing liver damage (cirrhosis / fibrosis), or the elderly. I remember talking to my doc about Cymbalta (another med with liver warnings) and he said that he wouldn’t be at all concerned for me given my age and my height / physical health. However when I did have Hep C – that’s when my liver became more sensitive to these medications. EVEN still, any time I drank alcohol, even in moderation, my liver got stressed out more than it did from any of these medications. If anything, ALCOHOL should have big red liver warning stickers on each bottle more than these medications.
It was only when I was HCV+ that my liver enzymes were getting raised from meds – namely Sodium Valproate, Cymbalta and Suboxone. And taking multiple compounded the problem … like – if I had a couple of glasses of wine at dinner I’d be fine. But if I did it while on Sub and Cymbalta while HCV+, I could almost be yellow the next morning.
BTW for those that don’t know, my most recent HCV test was negative… so it’s looking like I’m cured after all.