In reply: Henderson and McCombe describe a patient to highlight an issue raised in a recent editorial:1 that patients with motor neurone disease (MND) may develop abnormal liver function tests for reasons other than riluzole therapy. In their patient, riluzole was prescribed for a year and liver function test results remained stable. Deterioration in liver function coincided with the introduction of naltrexone. Ultimately, riluzole, an established MND therapy, had to be ceased.
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