Please share your hydrocortisone and Fludrocortisone trial

Therapeutic Efforts Pharmaceutical
#1

I could not find an specific topic for this, so i am posting here. Could you guys who tried these hormones describe your experience?
Thank you!

#2

Used hydrocortisone (cortef) for 2-3 years. It took me a while to find the dosage and timing that works best for my body, but once I found it it helped immensely with fatigue, low glucose/weakness, brain fog, irritability, and muscle wasting. I ended up taking about 25mg per day split in 4 doses. This is WAY below any dosage that is used for arthritis, auto-immune issues, etc…Just enough to replace/support what our adrenals have stopped making…

I replaced it with Isocort over the past few months as you do not need a prescription for Isocort.

#3

Thanks, moonman. Once you start using hydrocortisone, do you have to use it for life?

#4

25mg is not enough to completely shut down your adrenals.

#5

but moonmanq you are still using Isocort how can you say that it will not affect you when you stop it?

#6

  1. Because the nations leading adrenal insufficieny doctors have patients on 25mg+ of cortef for years and most of the time they are able to wean off without complete shutdown.

  2. It states so in this book which I read…
    amazon.com/Safe-Uses-Cortiso … 0398075018

  3. I personally weaned off of cortef for about 6 months in 2012 and felt fine for the majority of it. However towards the 6 month mark I started feeling a bit run-down again so I started Isocort.