Blood Drug Testing

Could the alcohol I drank the days before affected my liver blood test?

In order to take a certain medication, I had to get a blood test to make sure I didn’t have any liver problems. The doctor didn’t warn me about not drinking before, so about 3 days before I drank quite a lot (4 beers, 3 shots of tequila) , and the night before (so about 12 hours before my blood test) I had a couple beers (about 2) as well. When I got my results back the doctor said my "enzyme" levels were a bit elevated which could be for a number of reasons including that I had been sick for a couple weeks before so he wants to wait a month to take another blood test to check my liver. My question is, could the alcohol I drank the days and night before have contributed to this blood test result that I could possible have a liver problem? I don’t want to worry so much for the next month…. Thanks all oh just to add a detail, my post makes me sound like an alcoholic or something, this was more drinking than I usually do b/c of a work event. I just turned 24 and I get buzzed every now and then but im not like a raging alcoholic so I dont think it is a long term damage thing from heavy drinking. Thats why im wondering if just drinking in the days before can come up on the test like that

Public Comments

1. yeah it will
2. It sounds like you drink pretty regularly. That would certainly screw up your liver blood test. Just quite drinking anything alcoholic and you'll be fine. All that sugar and alcohol is bad for the body in general... besides the liver. Alcohol is toxic to the body and kills cells every time you consume it.. from any source...