My liver enzymes all shot up unexpectedly a few months ago. The next time they were checked they had started going down, and at my last labs about a month ago, one was normal, and the other two just slightly above. Sorry I can't remember which ones but can look them up. About the same time they went up I also started having episodes of nausea, vomiting and sometimes diarrhea. My rheumatologist thinks it's because I got gastroenteritis (stomach flu), as an infection can increase liver enzymes and at the time was on Cytoxan so was very immunosuppressed. I'm still having episodes of vomiting every two to three weeks so am going to ask him about that on my next appointment. I did research gastroenteritis among people who are immunosuppressed, and yes it can last weeks to months or even years. Hopefully it will improve, but whatever the cause am glad they went down as yes, it is worrisome.
Good luck with the Imuran. I started on a dose of 50 mg about a month ago, then increased to 100 mg 2x per day about a week ago. I felt great on the 50 mg, noticed more tiredness, some slight nausea, and broke out in canker and cold sores with the 100 mg. Seems to be improving though, and I've read that a lot of new medications/dosages take a couple weeks for your body to adjust.
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