[pdaz]

in reply to: RAI or Surgery? #1173005

Thank you all.

sorry to hijack this thread.

My Liver enzymes were borderline elevated before starting on Methimazole.

After 5-weeks, my T3 and T4 have come down to slightly elevated at this point and I feel great.

But the Liv enzymes are in between 3-4 times elevated. Completely stopping Methimazole would shoot the T3 and T4 back up and it can go dramatically up.

So I decided to reduce from 30mg to 10mg and test the Liv enzymes after a week. If there is no downward trend then I have to unfortunately stop Methimazole and look for other options.

Meanwhile I am looking for alternate natural solutions.
I have already controlled my diet to home-cooked and vegetarian diet.

Would appreciate any pointer/suggestions – anything is welcome

[pdaz]

in reply to: RAI or Surgery? #1173000

Hi K
I am on the same boat.

I started on Methimazole 30mg per day 5-weeks back.

Now last week my FT4 and FT3 were right at borderline elevated.
Very slightly above the upper range.

But my Liver Enzymes have gone very high. Results from Sept 14th are below:

AST 79 Range — 0 – 37
ALT 217 Range — 15 – 65

It was slightly elevated before starting on Methimazole.

Two weeks back my Lipase was also slightly elevated.

But I feel quite normal though.

My endo doctor thinks that I should stop Methimazole completely for a week.

I think I should be on 5 or 10mg and see how it goes. Any suggestions?

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