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Does Elevated Liver Enzymes In The Body Reduce Its Capacity To Metabolize Alcohol?
Question:
I was kidnapped at 17 and beaten tortured and mock beheaded several times over 4.5 hours until I escaped that's why I've been on 1 mg zanax a day 2 mg clonazepam a day for over a decade less than a year later as part of my therapy I was jogging and was hit by a drunk driver leaving me with horrible chronic pain and because of the benzos I take my family doctor refused to give me pain medication as a result I took just under 4000 mg of acetaminophen sorry I mean 10-12 tylenol 1a day with 15 mg codeine in it and for 7 years I was also drinking a six pack a day just to get to sleep I was unable to exercise due to pain I was 225 pounds on the day I'm asking about this is all about 1 day march 12 2016 my birthday I have history of fatty liver and my liver enzymes fluctuate between 9 gamma glutamyl transferase and 109 my urate was 203 and ferritin was 440 now my question a person with this health and medication is it possible that alcohol would last longer in my system than the average person I was charged on this day with driving over. 80 alcohol but I swear I would never drink and drive and my doctor won't write what I need and he's now using this incident to say my medicine does me more harm than good and he's going to force me off I don't deserve any of this garbage please help.
I was kidnapped at 17 and beaten tortured and mock beheaded several times over 4.5 hours until I escaped that's why I've been on 1 mg zanax a day 2 mg clonazepam a day for over a decade less than a year later as part of my therapy I was jogging and was hit by a drunk driver leaving me with horrible chronic pain and because of the benzos I take my family doctor refused to give me pain medication as a result I took just under 4000 mg of acetaminophen sorry I mean 10-12 tylenol 1a day with 15 mg codeine in it and for 7 years I was also drinking a six pack a day just to get to sleep I was unable to exercise due to pain I was 225 pounds on the day I'm asking about this is all about 1 day march 12 2016 my birthday I have history of fatty liver and my liver enzymes fluctuate between 9 gamma glutamyl transferase and 109 my urate was 203 and ferritin was 440 now my question a person with this health and medication is it possible that alcohol would last longer in my system than the average person I was charged on this day with driving over. 80 alcohol but I swear I would never drink and drive and my doctor won't write what I need and he's now using this incident to say my medicine does me more harm than good and he's going to force me off I don't deserve any of this garbage please help.
Brief Answer:
Yes it is true
Detailed Answer:
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I read your query with keen interest and understand most of your concerns and problems.
Regarding your question it is true that when your liver enzymes are elevated the capacity to metabolize alcohol decreases and thus takes more time to flush it out from the body. This happens because the capacity to metabolize alcohol depends on the liver enzymes only.
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Yes it is true
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for using Healthcaremagic.
I read your query with keen interest and understand most of your concerns and problems.
Regarding your question it is true that when your liver enzymes are elevated the capacity to metabolize alcohol decreases and thus takes more time to flush it out from the body. This happens because the capacity to metabolize alcohol depends on the liver enzymes only.
I hope this helps you.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for my future patients.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ashok-kumar/67386
Thanks and regards.
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