A sigh of relief

[Guest guest]

Dear All;

Judy's father's lab results today looked much improved with respect

to liver function tests ... his albumin is up from 2.9 to 3.0, his

ALT and AST are normal, his alkaline phosphatase is down from 419 to

298, and his bilirubin is down from 5.1 to 1.1. Also his serum

sodium is back up from 129 to 140. This time they did a complete

blood count, and his eosinophils were elevated ... a possible

residual signature of allopurinol hypersensitivity [thanks to Lee's

husband, , for suggesting this test!]. Although we cannot be

certain that his liver problem was caused by allopurinol, it

certainly looks as though everything is normalizing just be staying

off this drug. The only way to tell whether this was the cause would

be to start taking it again, but this does not seem to be worth the

risk. Although Judy's father's kidney function tests remain poor, at

least we can breathe a sigh of relief that liver failure is not in

the cards. Thanks again to all who offered advice on what to do.

Best regards,

Dave

(father of (20); PSC 07/03; UC 08/03)