Guest guest Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 > Does anyone know if you can take LDN if you are on cortisone therapy > (a physiological replacement dose of cortisone acetate) to correct > adrenal insufficiency? > > Thanks > Barbara ========= That person's doctor using the cortisone acetate needs to call Dr. Bihari and discuss this. LDN may be all the person would need since LDN seems to reduce inflamation. I believe the cortisone acetate is used to reduce inflamation. Would be in the best interest of the patient to have doctor to call Dr. Bihari. Oral steroids could work against LDN and reduce the full working power of LDN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 > That person's doctor using the cortisone acetate needs to call Dr. Bihari and discuss this. LDN may be all the person would need since LDN seems to reduce inflamation. I believe the cortisone acetate is used to reduce inflamation. Would be in the best interest of the patient to have doctor to call Dr. Bihari. Oral steroids could work against LDN and reduce the full working power of LDN. > > Do you have any fact based knowledge about LDN and Cotisone potetially interacting or LDN effects being reduced by cortisone? If so, it would be helpful to reference those facts, if not it might be best not to speculate as there have been several instances in this group where bits of " theories " or best guesses have caused confusion and perhaps unecessary stress. Please don't take offense if you were merely guessing, as none is intended. Best alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 It can be life-threatening for a person who is adrenally insufficiant to stop taking cortisone. Adrenal insufficiency is usally due to the aderenal (which produce cortisol)or pitutiary glands (which produce ACTH a cortisol pre-curser)not working correctly or at all. The body needs cortisol to function. Therefore, the adrenally insufficient person has no choice but to take cortizone. I am adrenally insufficient and have been taking LDN for about 2 weeks with much improvement in my physical condition. There might be less of an positive effect if combining LDN and hydrocortizone but even a little improvement is better than no improvement at all. Jackie --- In low dose naltrexone , " alanms1579 " <alanms@c...> wrote: > > That person's doctor using the cortisone acetate needs to call Dr. > Bihari and discuss this. LDN may be all the person would need since > LDN seems to reduce inflamation. I believe the cortisone acetate is > used to reduce inflamation. Would be in the best interest of the > patient to have doctor to call Dr. Bihari. Oral steroids could work > against LDN and reduce the full working power of LDN. > > > > > > Do you have any fact based knowledge about LDN and Cotisone potetially > interacting or LDN effects being reduced by cortisone? If so, it would > be helpful to reference those facts, if not it might be best not to > speculate as there have been several instances in this group where > bits of " theories " or best guesses have caused confusion and perhaps > unecessary stress. > > Please don't take offense if you were merely guessing, as none is > intended. > > Best > alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Bruce Guilmette, Ph.D. Survive Cancer Foundation, Inc. http://www.survivecancer.net From: low dose naltrexone [mailto:low dose naltrexone ] On Behalf Of red6562004 Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 7:08 PM To: low dose naltrexone Subject: [low dose naltrexone] Re: LDN & Cortisone It can be life-threatening for a person who is adrenally insufficiant to stop taking cortisone. Adrenal insufficiency is usally due to the aderenal (which produce cortisol)or pitutiary glands (which produce ACTH a cortisol pre-curser)not working correctly or at all. The body needs cortisol to function. Therefore, the adrenally insufficient person has no choice but to take cortizone. I am adrenally insufficient and have been taking LDN for about 2 weeks with much improvement in my physical condition. There might be less of an positive effect if combining LDN and hydrocortizone but even a little improvement is better than no improvement at all. Jackie --- In low dose naltrexone , " alanms1579 " <alanms@c...> wrote: > > That person's doctor using the cortisone acetate needs to call Dr. > Bihari and discuss this. LDN may be all the person would need since > LDN seems to reduce inflamation. I believe the cortisone acetate is > used to reduce inflamation. Would be in the best interest of the > patient to have doctor to call Dr. Bihari. Oral steroids could work > against LDN and reduce the full working power of LDN. > > > > > > Do you have any fact based knowledge about LDN and Cotisone potetially > interacting or LDN effects being reduced by cortisone? If so, it would > be helpful to reference those facts, if not it might be best not to > speculate as there have been several instances in this group where > bits of " theories " or best guesses have caused confusion and perhaps > unecessary stress. > > Please don't take offense if you were merely guessing, as none is > intended. > > Best > alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 > > That person's doctor using the cortisone acetate needs to call Dr. > Bihari and discuss this. LDN may be all the person would need since > LDN seems to reduce inflamation. I believe the cortisone acetate is > used to reduce inflamation. Would be in the best interest of the > patient to have doctor to call Dr. Bihari. Oral steroids could work > against LDN and reduce the full working power of LDN. > > > > > > Do you have any fact based knowledge about LDN and Cotisone potetially > interacting or LDN effects being reduced by cortisone? If so, it would > be helpful to reference those facts, if not it might be best not to > speculate as there have been several instances in this group where > bits of " theories " or best guesses have caused confusion and perhaps > unecessary stress. > > Please don't take offense if you were merely guessing, as none is > intended. > > Best > alan ========== Alan, That's why I said MAY BE and why I said they should have their doctor speak to Dr. Bihari. " LDN may be all the person would need " " That person's doctor using the cortisone acetate needs to call Dr. Bihari and discuss this. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 > It can be life-threatening for a person who is adrenally > insufficiant to stop taking cortisone. Adrenal insufficiency is > usally due to the aderenal (which produce cortisol)or pitutiary > glands (which produce ACTH a cortisol pre-curser)not working > correctly or at all. The body needs cortisol to function. > Therefore, the adrenally insufficient person has no choice but to > take cortizone. I am adrenally insufficient and have been taking > LDN for about 2 weeks with much improvement in my physical > condition. There might be less of an positive effect if combining > LDN and hydrocortizone but even a little improvement is better than > no improvement at all. > Jackie > ======== That's why I suggested that their doctor speak to Dr. Bihari. I know Dr. Bihari is working with LDN and diabetes that's not listed on the LDN site yet so he may even have some patients he's possibly working with that have adrenal gland disorders with LDN also. Doesn't hurt to ask. Would be interesting if he was possibly working with some who have adrenal gland problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 > > That person's doctor using the cortisone acetate needs to call Dr. > Bihari and discuss this. LDN may be all the person would need since > LDN seems to reduce inflamation. I believe the cortisone acetate is > used to reduce inflamation. Would be in the best interest of the > patient to have doctor to call Dr. Bihari. Oral steroids could work > against LDN and reduce the full working power of LDN. > > > > > > Do you have any fact based knowledge about LDN and Cotisone potetially > interacting or LDN effects being reduced by cortisone? If so, it would > be helpful to reference those facts > alan ======== Alan, Because LDN stimulates the immune system and many of the drugs routinely used by the NHS in the treatment of MS further suppress the immune system, LDN cannot be used in company with steroids, beta interferon, methotrexate, azathioprine or mitozantrone or any other immune suppressant drug. If there is any doubt, please submit a full list of the drugs you are presently taking so that their compatibility may be assessed. Dr. M R Lawrence UK doctor who uses LDN himself for MS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 > That's why I said MAY BE and why I said they should have their doctor speak to Dr. Bihari. > > " LDN may be all the person would need " > > " That person's doctor using the cortisone acetate needs to call Dr. Bihari and discuss this. " > > Yes, the doctor advice was great and that would have been sufficient. My point to everyone (not just you) is that speculation or " guessing " about potential interaction (or anything related to LDN) causes confusion and may eventaully end up as being presented as a fact down the road by someone that read those comments. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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