SERUM TRANSAMINASE TESTS FOR LIVER FUNCTION ON OUTPATIENTS IN FOLLOW-UP CLINIC
YUDELL K. SLOCUM M.D.1
1 Veterans Administration Hospital, Northport, N.Y.
The dosage of ataraxics which these patients were receiving was considered to be their maintenance dosage and the smallest amount of treatment necessary, which may be the reason for the negative reports of liver damage. The effect of the medication on the individual patient, not the medicine or chemicals themselves, must be the primary consideration in all treatments(4). It is felt that the medication has kept these patients out of hospitals and helped them in adjusting for prolonged periods without the risk of harmful effects on the liver, even though they are not cured of their original mental illnesses(5).
