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Used To Take Mild Thistle To Avoid Effects Of Prolonged Use Of Medicine. Stopped Medicine Now. Should I Continue Milk Thistle?

Hi, I am 29 year old and recently I was on some medication. I knew that it could damage my liver so I was protecting it by Milk Thistle . However I just did sgpt and i got a result of 164. Now I have stopped taking those medication and now I have limited my protein intake and oil (little of olive oil) and I do not drink alcohol or smoke . I wanted to know should I take Milk Thistle? Any other medication? Its a holiday here for 3 days so I cant go and see a doctor. Any help would be extremely appreciated.
Fri, 8 Nov 2013
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Gastroenterologist,  's  Response
Hi,
Thanks for posting your query.
Your SGPT is quite high.
Milk thistle is liver protective. So you take milk thistle.
But you need to get tested to find the cause of raised SGPT. You have not mentioned what medications you were taking which you think probably could have caused this.
Other causes like viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis and metabolic diseases should also be ruled out.
I hope that answers your question.
Regards.
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Used To Take Mild Thistle To Avoid Effects Of Prolonged Use Of Medicine. Stopped Medicine Now. Should I Continue Milk Thistle?

Hi, Thanks for posting your query. Your SGPT is quite high. Milk thistle is liver protective. So you take milk thistle. But you need to get tested to find the cause of raised SGPT. You have not mentioned what medications you were taking which you think probably could have caused this. Other causes like viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis and metabolic diseases should also be ruled out. I hope that answers your question. Regards.