Steve T
Kava Enthusiast
SGPT (ALT)[2 - 60 U/L]- 85H
SGOT (AST)[2 - 50 U/L]- 48
Just sharing some results here. These were from a LFT done 12/12/14 on Friday. I drank 6-7 tbsp of kava the night before. As you can see my ALT is 85 which is slightly elevated. I have had multiple other blood tests done since June which have all come back normal. The reason I got tested in June in the first place was from experiencing a variety of symptoms which I felt needed immediate attention, after drinking lots of tudei-spiked kava (I didn't know at the time) a few days before. By the way I am 31, 6'3 161lbs (skinny), with a decent workout schedule and good eating habits.
Other medications I take are 25mg quetiapine(seroquel) which could elevate enzymes, and 5mb ambien. Then supplements of a multivitamin, r-lipoic acid, NAC, milk thistle.
I would like to say that it is a fluke, an Advil the night before, a workout, or just seroquel, but I've been feeling signs of liver stress in varying degrees since I've drank kava. I've drank all noble since June. No alcohol for 2.5 years, but before that I drank somewhat heavily for 4 years.
My "hangover" symptoms when drinking too much noble kava (especially with high 2 or 5 chemotypes) are obvious, but with tudei it was totally unbearable. So if you feel hangover symptoms from drinking a moderate amount of good kava I would just be careful and get tested. Maybe some people just aren't genetically predisposed to drinking 5-8 tbsp of noble per night I like do, haha.
Anyway I will wait to see what this means and continue drinking kava until a doctor yells at me. The excuse that I drank kava the night before the test doesn't mean much to me personally, because if I drink kava every single night and it kills liver cells every single night then it's not sustainable long-term. Or maybe I just don't know anything about the test yet. I've seen 4-5 other people on this forum with similar results, and a lot more with low enzymes, so I'd just be aware like with any medication.
SGOT (AST)[2 - 50 U/L]- 48
Just sharing some results here. These were from a LFT done 12/12/14 on Friday. I drank 6-7 tbsp of kava the night before. As you can see my ALT is 85 which is slightly elevated. I have had multiple other blood tests done since June which have all come back normal. The reason I got tested in June in the first place was from experiencing a variety of symptoms which I felt needed immediate attention, after drinking lots of tudei-spiked kava (I didn't know at the time) a few days before. By the way I am 31, 6'3 161lbs (skinny), with a decent workout schedule and good eating habits.
Other medications I take are 25mg quetiapine(seroquel) which could elevate enzymes, and 5mb ambien. Then supplements of a multivitamin, r-lipoic acid, NAC, milk thistle.
I would like to say that it is a fluke, an Advil the night before, a workout, or just seroquel, but I've been feeling signs of liver stress in varying degrees since I've drank kava. I've drank all noble since June. No alcohol for 2.5 years, but before that I drank somewhat heavily for 4 years.
My "hangover" symptoms when drinking too much noble kava (especially with high 2 or 5 chemotypes) are obvious, but with tudei it was totally unbearable. So if you feel hangover symptoms from drinking a moderate amount of good kava I would just be careful and get tested. Maybe some people just aren't genetically predisposed to drinking 5-8 tbsp of noble per night I like do, haha.
Anyway I will wait to see what this means and continue drinking kava until a doctor yells at me. The excuse that I drank kava the night before the test doesn't mean much to me personally, because if I drink kava every single night and it kills liver cells every single night then it's not sustainable long-term. Or maybe I just don't know anything about the test yet. I've seen 4-5 other people on this forum with similar results, and a lot more with low enzymes, so I'd just be aware like with any medication.
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