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Question to hepatologist: can we use l carnitine, vitamin e, selenium, or milk thistle to treat idiopathic chronic alt of 150 and ast 60 totally idiop?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

No...: Elevated lfts are most commonly associated with fatty liver disease. If you have had a comprehensive negative work-up other causative considerations include side effects of medications and supplements you may be taking. The supplements you mention have theoretical health benefits from their anti-oxidant properties but to my knowledge there is no data to support their use in this circumstance.

Dr Friedlander agreed

Answered 1/12/2014

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Yes: All are harmless but good therapeutically.

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