Really need help....

[moe4me]

I have a question about my rat. My rat has to take a physical for work and the last time he went in for this physical, his liver values were in the 200s' due to what he was taking at the time. The doctor said he was worried and almost didnt clear him for duty. He's not jaundiced or anything and the orals he's taking do not exceed 100 mgs per day yet he's seen results none the less. He has to go in for a physical in a few days and I want to know what I can give him to lower his values immediately just for the physical. Please help...thanks.

 

[iprimate]

I have a question about my rat. My rat has to take a physical for work and the last time he went in for this physical, his liver values were in the 200s' due to what he was taking at the time. The doctor said he was worried and almost didnt clear him for duty. He's not jaundiced or anything and the orals he's taking do not exceed 100 mgs per day yet he's seen results none the less. He has to go in for a physical in a few days and I want to know what I can give him to lower his values immediately just for the physical. Please help...thanks.

If you've only got a few days then the best thing you can do for your rat is stop giving him 'roids and his liver values will start returning to normal. To hasten the recovery you can give your rat Synthetek's Synthergine by IM injection and/or you can give him glutathione IV injection -- but I doubt you can receive an order for these in time for your rat's medical.

 

[tpd01883]

N-acetyl-cysteine, milk thistle....

 

[BigChef]

I have a question about my rat. My rat has to take a physical for work and the last time he went in for this physical, his liver values were in the 200s' due to what he was taking at the time. The doctor said he was worried and almost didnt clear him for duty. He's not jaundiced or anything and the orals he's taking do not exceed 100 mgs per day yet he's seen results none the less. He has to go in for a physical in a few days and I want to know what I can give him to lower his values immediately just for the physical. Please help...thanks.

Is the rat competing? lol

 

[moe4me]

Thanks for all the great advice guys. Not competing, just tryin get cleared for work. Im gonna get on this right away.

 

[Paranormal]

i think im lost here. im new to this board but not other boards and i have never read a conversation about a rat before.


pArAnOrMaL

 

[SisyphusRocks]

i think im lost here. im new to this board but not other boards and i have never read a conversation about a rat before.


pArAnOrMaL

I think it's one of those gym rats

 

[weight]

you are your really using 2nd or 3rd person narritive language and refering yourself as a rat

 

[Stylz]

i think im lost here. im new to this board but not other boards and i have never read a conversation about a rat before.


pArAnOrMaL

LMFAO ......we do strange things to our animals on this board.

 

[JAG]

I will assume you're rat is lifting weights, lol. Strenuous workouts can raise AST/ALT levels in some people. I would skip workout in days before test.

An interesting study:

Clin J Sport Med. 1999 Jan;9(1):34-9. Related Articles, Links


Anabolic steroid-induced hepatotoxicity: is it overstated?

Dickerman RD, Pertusi RM, Zachariah NY, Dufour DR, McConathy WJ.

The Department of Biomedical Science, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth 76107-2699, USA.

OBJECTIVE: There have been numerous reports of hepatic dysfunction secondary to anabolic steroid use based on elevated levels of serum aminotransferases. This study was conducted to distinguish between serum aminotransaminase elevations secondary to intense resistance training and anabolic steroid-induced hepatotoxicity in elite bodybuilders. DESIGN: This was a case-control study of serum chemistry profiles from bodybuilders using and not using anabolic steroids with comparisons to a cohort of medical students and patients with hepatitis. PARTICIPANTS: The participants were bodybuilders taking self-directed regimens of anabolic steroids (n = 15) and bodybuilders not taking steroids (n = 10). Blood chemistry profiles from patients with viral hepatitis (n = 49) and exercising and nonexercising medical students (592) were used as controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The focus in blood chemistry profiles was aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT), and creatine kinase (CK) levels. RESULTS: In both groups of bodybuilders, CK, AST, and ALT were elevated, whereas GGT remained in the normal range. In contrast, patients with hepatitis had elevations of all three enzymes: ALT, AST, and GGT. Creatine kinase (CK) was elevated in all exercising groups. Patients with hepatitis were the only group in which a correlation was found between aminotransferases and GGT. CONCLUSION: Prior reports of anabolic steroid-induced hepatotoxicity based on elevated aminotransferase levels may have been overstated, because no exercising subjects, including steroid users, demonstrated hepatic dysfunction based on GGT levels. Such reports may have misled the medical community to emphasize steroid-induced hepatotoxicity when interpreting elevated aminotransferase levels and disregard muscle damage. For these reasons, when evaluating hepatic function in cases of anabolic steroid therapy or abuse, CK and GGT levels should be considered in addition to ALT and AST levels as essential elements of the assessment.

 

[moe4me]

Thank you guys...my rat says thank you

 

[kid1dakota]

yeah until the compound that is causing Elft's is removed nothing will bring them into normal range.

 

[chris250]

You must have one of those GYM rats or something...LOL !!! the kind that likes to workout and take these crazy supplements....