Guest guest Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 I don't necessarily take everything that a doctor or nurse states for truth, but since the info did come from my heart being monitored during surgery about a possible heart valve problem, I do think the prudent thing is to get it checked out. No way on the estrogen, that was my major problem to begin with, way too much estrogen and hardly any progesterone. LinnOn Jun 19, 2006, at 10:18 PM, Gracia wrote: OMG you don't have an underlying heart problem. The cortisol was toooooooo low. and/or you might need estrogen too. gracia But did you have any reaction to the testosterone or Armour? My doctor was more than willing to keep upping the testosterone if I could tolerate it without any side effects. I started getting heart arrhthymias (a dozen or more a day) and heart pounding at odd, inappropriate times, severe muscle cramping in right side of chest and under right arm and upper back, and various other pains in my wrists and shins, plus I gained weight and couldn't sleep. Obviously something wasn't working right. That was on 90 mgs of Armour, testosterone, Cortisol and progesterone. She had wanted me to get up to at least 120 mgs of Armour. My doctor and the group she is from are not like most doctors dealing in Armour. In fact they don't even wait for your blood tests to come back to get you started, if your symptoms warrant, they start you immediately and will increase you to whatever you can tolerate, I wouldn't say they hand out placebo doses. I just think I may have some underlying heart problem that I need to resolve. Linn On Jun 19, 2006, at 1:36 PM, Ross wrote: That happened to me. The doc gave me 4mg of T and 1 grain of Armour. Placebo doses...-- prrGracia <circe@...> wrote: I am sure the doc didn't give you very much T. Seems like sometimes docs talk the talk but don't walk the walk. They might say they know about bioidentical hormones and use a compounding pharmacy, but the doses are goofy, usually too low.GraciaI actually was pretty high in my testosterone level, I wonder ifthat's why I didn't do well on it.Linn-- No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/368 - Release Date: 6/16/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 I'm far behind on this list and catching up, but I just wanted t let you know that my ND called Bezweckian and confirmed that each pellet of Isocort contains 2.54 mg. of hydrocortisone. They cannot claim it on the label becuase it is OTC, but any doctor can call and ask for the information. Best, Handcrafted Jewelry ~ http://www.ChestnutHillDesigns.com Curly Horse Rescue ~ http://www.CurlyRescue.com ~If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos...then you probably haven't completely understood the situation.~ ~Flashlights are tubular metal containers for the purpose of storing dead batteries.~ I don't hav a lot of faith in > isocort though, and doubt it contains a standard amount of hydrocortisone. > gracia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 OK thanks the strange thing is, it doesn't work like cortef does. gracia I'm far behind on this list and catching up, but I just wanted t let youknow that my ND called Bezweckian and confirmed that each pellet of Isocortcontains 2.54 mg. of hydrocortisone. They cannot claim it on the labelbecuase it is OTC, but any doctor can call and ask for the information.Best,Handcrafted Jewelry ~ http://www.ChestnutHillDesigns.comCurly Horse Rescue ~ http://www.CurlyRescue.com~If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos...thenyou probably haven't completely understood the situation.~~Flashlights are tubular metal containers for thepurpose of storing dead batteries.~I don't hav a lot of faith in> isocort though, and doubt it contains a standard amount of hydrocortisone.> gracia No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.7/379 - Release Date: 6/29/2006 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.7/379 - Release Date: 6/29/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 It works the same for me. I've used both Cortef and Isocort, and they both work equally for me. Best, Handcrafted Jewelry ~ http://www.ChestnutHillDesigns.comCurly Horse Rescue ~ http://www.CurlyRescue.com ~If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos...then you probably haven't completely understood the situation.~~Flashlights are tubular metal containers for thepurpose of storing dead batteries.~ OK thanks the strange thing is, it doesn't work like cortef does. gracia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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