howlongto18
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Hi all.
First of all I am sooo happy to report that this past month on seroquel has changed our lives! It's not perfect but nearly so. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping this will be a long term thing. Juan Carlos had gotten so violent and out of control it was as if he was not there... very animalistic. Now he is back. He is still hyper, and he still over reacts to punishment of any kind, but he rarely loses control anymore and when he does, it's short lived... so far.
Anyway, my question is whether anyone here has had problems with liver tests when using the seroquel. I'm waiting to get into our regular family doctor because since we haven't had a metabolic profile (or whatever that blood test is called) in so long, the psychiatrist is uncertain whether the elevated liver levels are related to the new medication or not. We will repeat the blood test in a few weeks to compare the level.
I'm not sure if levels are different in children and adults, but he is five if it helps.
The levels that were elevated were these:
Prot - normal is 5.9-7.8 - his reading was 8.1
Alb - normal is 3.2-4.9 - his was 5.1
ALT (the liver thing) - normal is 10-25 - his was 42
He also mentioned that his white blood cell count was below normal.
I will be so depressed if it's the medications that are doing harm, because they are working so well for him.
First of all I am sooo happy to report that this past month on seroquel has changed our lives! It's not perfect but nearly so. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping this will be a long term thing. Juan Carlos had gotten so violent and out of control it was as if he was not there... very animalistic. Now he is back. He is still hyper, and he still over reacts to punishment of any kind, but he rarely loses control anymore and when he does, it's short lived... so far.
Anyway, my question is whether anyone here has had problems with liver tests when using the seroquel. I'm waiting to get into our regular family doctor because since we haven't had a metabolic profile (or whatever that blood test is called) in so long, the psychiatrist is uncertain whether the elevated liver levels are related to the new medication or not. We will repeat the blood test in a few weeks to compare the level.
I'm not sure if levels are different in children and adults, but he is five if it helps.
The levels that were elevated were these:
Prot - normal is 5.9-7.8 - his reading was 8.1
Alb - normal is 3.2-4.9 - his was 5.1
ALT (the liver thing) - normal is 10-25 - his was 42
He also mentioned that his white blood cell count was below normal.
I will be so depressed if it's the medications that are doing harm, because they are working so well for him.