I am 48 years old, female and healthy. I am epileptic and take 200 mg of Dilantin daily. I am active - I live at an altitude 9000 ft & I run a couple miles 2-4 times a week. I work long hours (desk job). I try to eat organic whenever possible, and I eat what I believe is a well-balanced diet of fruits & veggies. And I do not drink alcohol. In the last 6 months I applied for life insurance & was turned down - they sent me the results of my blood tests - a couple of results stood out to me - Alkaline Phosphatase = 139; GGT = 343; AST 30. What little I ve read on this I understand these particular tests are for my liver function. My neurologist does not think it has anything to do w/ my Dilantin, however I ve been taking this drug since I was 15 years old and it s the only thing I can think of that would cause these wacky high numbers. I had another follow-up ALP & GGT test run just 2 days ago but have not received back the results. I ve changed my diet to include beets and a liver supplement called Livaplex, so I hope this helps. But do you have any additional thoughts? Thank you, Kim
Hello! Thanks for putting your query in Chat Doctor. I am a Gastroenterologist (DM). Derranged LFT may be due to dilation or may be due to some other causes, so I will advise seeing for other causes for deranged LFT and if it is not there then you may have to replace dilation with other least hematologic antiepileptic. You should test for