Blood Drug Testing - I had a fasting blood test to check my cholesterol and it came back 55/86 as a result for a liver test.?

I had a fasting blood test to check my cholesterol and it came back 55/86 as a result for a liver test.?

is 55/86 too high for a liver result? My doctor sent me word by his nurse, per phone, to stop taking my Cholesterol until my next visit 5/27/08,. This seems too long a wait to me because how am I going to control my cholesterol without medication?

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you should call yr dr to ask this question. but it's probably to gauge yr actual cholesterol without medication.
is 55/86 too high for a liver result? Which result from which test? LFT (liver function tests) include several individual measures. Each has a different normal range. Going a month without cholesterol meds does not seem unreasonable to me. It likely means your cholesterol isn't that bad. Maybe you'll even be able to control it with diet and exercise.
You will feel better and live longer without the drug. If you have elevated liver enzymes, you will have bad muscle and joint pain. Even with normal liver function, more than 50% of peaple will have pain. If you insist on taking these drugs, you must take co Q10. This will help your heart muscle but will not help the cognitive effects.
55 / 86 - may be you mean SGPT / SGOT (ALT / AST). If that is so, it is mildly elevated, presuming the normal upper limit in the laboratory is around 40. But liver enzymes can go as high as 500 or more in simple jaundice (viral hepatitis A). Please follow your doctor's advice as he knows your condition as well as the urgency of cholesterol control in your case. Medications for controlling cholesterol level act only slowly. So their effects will also wane out only slowly, over weeks.