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Overtraining, Exercise, and Adrenal Insufficiency - 0 views

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    Great review on over training syndrome and hypoadrenia.
Nathan Goodyear

Low-dose hydrocortisone in chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomised crossover trial : The... - 0 views

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    low dose hydrocortisone therapy, 5-10 mg, shown to be effective short-term therapy in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.  Additionally, and very important, this study found no adrenal function suppression at these doses.
Nathan Goodyear

Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Dysfunction in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and the Eff... - 0 views

  • We conclude that the improvement in fatigue seen in some patients with chronic fatigue syndrome during hydrocortisone treatment is accompanied by a reversal of the blunted cortisol responses to human CRH
  • These data further suggest that the hypocortisolism found in chronic fatigue syndrome may be secondary to reduced adrenal gland output.
  • 5-mg replacement dose of hydrocortisone, and the remainder 10 mg
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    low dose hydrocortisone therapy (defined as 5-10 mg), in this study, was used to treat CFS.  This study found an improvement in symptoms in these patients.  Additionally, low cortisol was found in these patients with CFS.  Their conclusion, was that low adrenal function is a component of CFS and low dose hydrocortisone therapy is an effective treatment.   Now, is the low cortisol as the result of increased metabolism as well?
Nathan Goodyear

Pituitary-Adrenal Function After Prolonged Glucocorticoid Therapy for Systemic Inflamma... - 0 views

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    long-term glucocorticoid therapy commonly produces long-term adrenal suppression.
Nathan Goodyear

Effect of Dehydroepiandrosterone Replacement on Insulin Sensitivity and Lipids in Hypoa... - 0 views

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    Study finds 50 mg of DHEA improves insulin sensitivity in Hypoadrenal women.  The authors also found and increase in DHEAS, bioavailable T, androstenedione, and a reduced SHBG, insulin, and glucagon.
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