Search the web
Sign In
New User? Sign Up
Hypopituitary_Support · Hypopituitary Support Group
  • Members Only
  • Files
  • Photos
  • Links
  • Database
  • Members
  • Calendar
  • Promote
  • Groups Labs (Beta)
? Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo!

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...
Real people. Real stories. See how Yahoo! Groups impacts members worldwide.

Best of Y! Groups

   Check them out and nominate your group.
Having problems with message search? Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.

Messages

   Messages Help
Message #
Search:
Advanced
HC ramping up schedule?   Message List  
Reply | Forward Message #8211 of 8223 |
Re: HC ramping up schedule?

Is best to ramp up. Most can't go straight to 20 or 30 mg.

You're welcome,
Chris

--- In Hypopituitary_Support@yahoogroups.com, "birrdyy" <birrdyy@...>
wrote:
>
> Does a secondary need to worry about ramping up on HC or can they go
> straight to 20?
>
> Thanks.
>
Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:45 am

Show Message Option
chrishollyja...
Offline Offline
Send Email Send Email

Forward 		Message #8211 of 8223 |
Expand Messages Author Sort by Date

Does a secondary need to worry about ramping up on HC or can they go straight to 20? Thanks.... 		birrdyy
Offline Send Email 		Nov 14, 2008
5:14 am

I personally have only been diagnosed a couple months ago with secondary shown via an insulin tolerance test. I got a severely blunted cortisol response. They...
Chris
csharpham
Offline Send Email 		Nov 15, 2008
3:23 am

Thanks for the info. This confuses me so much. It's for my sister and I don't know what to tell her to do. I thought maybe if she goes to slow she'll have...
birrdyy
Offline Send Email 		Nov 15, 2008
3:55 am

Chris ~ may I ask what your ACTH Stim test looked like so I can compare? Thanks. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
birrdyy
Offline Send Email 		Nov 15, 2008
8:11 pm

Is best to ramp up. Most can't go straight to 20 or 30 mg. You're welcome, Chris...
Chris Jackson
chrishollyja...
Offline Send Email 		Nov 21, 2008
1:45 am

What happens if they do. My sister just started 3 days ago on 20. She secondary and is NOT taking any thyroid meds and is actually feeling a tiny bit better...
birrdyy
Offline Send Email 		Nov 21, 2008
1:46 am

Anxiety, racing heart, can't sleep. This is because of the bodys cortisol being added to the full dose HC. You're welcome, Chris...
Chris Jackson
chrishollyja...
Offline Send Email 		Nov 21, 2008
2:23 am

If she's not having any of these things after 3 days can we assume she's fine. If she's secondary and not making much cortisol to begin with this shouldn't be...
birrdyy
Offline Send Email 		Nov 21, 2008
2:36 am

She probably will be. It tends to be the lower the cortisol the less likely a problem with getting the steroid going. If cortisol is in the teens, it can be...
Chris Jackson
chrishollyja...
Offline Send Email 		Nov 23, 2008
6:09 am

Thanks Chris. She's on day 5 and doing fine. If anything it's time for her to raise. Her baseline cortisol was 14. I know you don't go by temps only by how...
birrdyy
Offline Send Email 		Nov 23, 2008
6:15 am

Sounds like it responded to you on Hormone Support Group. Chris ... for her ... temps only ... get out ... ...
Chris Jackson
chrishollyja...
Offline Send Email 		Nov 23, 2008
11:51 pm
< Prev Topic  |  Next Topic >
Message #
Search:
Advanced
Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help