Guest guest Posted September 30, 2003 Report Share Posted September 30, 2003 > I think I will have to order cortef from them again. I don't have >insurance now, and just paid $40 for one month of cortef (( $18 >for one month of Armour. Plus about $100 for other vitamins. > Gracia in ME Dang it, Gracia. Aren't prices for meds the pits!!!! I do have insurance, but it doesn't cover meds. My biggest beef about my supplements is Q-10--it's expensive compared to the others!! My husband recently got on a med for his prostate---a rough $95/month. Stupid. A friend of mine just told me today that she paid $3400 last year on meds. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2003 Report Share Posted September 30, 2003 > I think I will have to order cortef from them again. I don't have >insurance now, and just paid $40 for one month of cortef (( $18 >for one month of Armour. Plus about $100 for other vitamins. > Gracia in ME Dang it, Gracia. Aren't prices for meds the pits!!!! I do have insurance, but it doesn't cover meds. My biggest beef about my supplements is Q-10--it's expensive compared to the others!! My husband recently got on a med for his prostate---a rough $95/month. Stupid. A friend of mine just told me today that she paid $3400 last year on meds. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 Maybe I don't understand, but as far as I know, what you are taking is not a steroid. Is that correct? You don't need a script for this? P-2042 $25.00 Isocort is one of the analogs of Mil-Adregen that we use for individuals who seem sensitive to the latter. It has fewer ingredients and therefore is less inclined to cause sensitivities in those patients with a poor adrenal adaptive ability. Order View Cart Cortef Hi Jamy and EveryOne, You wrote that your Doc said: >>>He has used cortef many times, but says a small therapeutic dose of 15mg is not hard to take, but hard to get off of. I am not taking Cortef, I use Isocort and I find his comment interesting. I did double the amount once when I had a cold or allergies and when the cold went away I had no problem reducing the amount of Isocort back to 7.5mg. - which is what I take each day. If and when I no longer need the adrenal support I will have no trouble cutting it back further or giving it up. If my adrenals were working 100% it wouldn't make any difference. It would be hard to cut back or stop using it if one still needed it!!! Think of Armour in the same way......... I haven't tried to stop Isocort all together, - plan to give myself many months to let my adrenals repair themselves if they will, if not I will stay on the small amount of Isocort as long as needed. Not a problem:-)) When after my cold went away and I was taking the double dose, it made me jittery and I couldn't sleep. It wasn't a problem at all to cut it back to what was needed. When you feel wonderful every day with it and lousy without it and it has no harmful side effects and in effect boosts your immune system, I wouldn't mind taking it along with Armour for the rest of my life if needed. It took me awhile to accept taking Armour too. I wanted to use natural remedies but they weren't enough and they weren't working. Once I accepted the Armour, it was much easier for me to accept that my adrenals might be in the same boat as my thyroid and need help too. The Thyroid and Adrenals are glands......they sometimes don't produce enough hormone. Without it, there are serious dangers to your health. Why would one be willing to replace Thyroid hormone and not Adrenal hormone as needed? What is this double standard? It's history: Once Docs gave too much thyroid hormone and killed people - then for a time they were afraid to give any and they still are reluctant to give adequate amounts. Now the same thing is going on with hydrocortisone. Historically it is interesting but as individuals we can't wait for history to change. We need the help now - not 100 years from now. BTW I read in Dr. Langer's book that 4,000 years ago in China they made thyroid soup and gave it to the few people who were hypothyroid. It worked and yet there have been long periods since then when people died for lack of thyroid hormone. Many docs think that is still true! So do I, if you consider all the diabetics, heart patients, overweight, people with MS, CFS, etc. who may be hypothyroid. Wishing you the best of health and happiness:-)) Peace, Love and Harmony, Bev Thyroid Epidemic http://www.bestweb.net/~om/thyroid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 Hi Jamy and EveryOne, Since I have been unable to get a definitive answer about exactly what is in Isocort, I can't say for sure:-)) I have different opinions about what is in Isocort from about six different doctors. It contains Adrenal Cortex: that may be the whole adrenal cortex or it may be just cortisol. If it is cortisol it is a steroid just like Cortef. It it is the whole gland it may not be considered a steroid. However, I have also tried lots of other adrenal cortical glandulars and they don't seem to have as strong an effect as the Isocort so my guess would be that the Isocot contains cortisol. Dr. Teitlebaum " Fatigued to Fantastic " said it contained 2.5mg. of cortisol so that is what I am going by for now. (Blissworks) said she might have more information about it from the company that makes it (Bezweken) soon. Peace, Love and Harmony, Bev Jamy wrote: Maybe I don't understand, but as far as I know, what you are taking is not a steroid. Is that correct? You don't need a script for this? P-2042 $25.00 Isocort is one of the analogs of Mil-Adregen that we use for individuals who seem sensitive to the latter. It has fewer ingredients and therefore is less inclined to cause sensitivities in those patients with a poor adrenal adaptive ability. Order View Cart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 Hey that would be great if you could find out for sure. I notice the bottom part of the thing you sent with the pretty background said for weaning off cortisol products, so that leads me to believe there is no cortisol in it. I will include that. a.. Stress induced fatigue or exhaustion. b.. Poor stress tolerance. c.. General fatigue. d.. Multiple allergies. e.. Autoimmune disorders. f.. Depression. g.. Buffering extreme physical or emotional stress effects. h.. Inflammation. i.. Low blood pressure. j.. Hypoglycemia. k.. Drug & alcohol withdrawal. l.. Weaning from cortisone drugs. DIRECTIONS: Chew 1-4 tabs 1-4 times daily depending on severity of symptoms & response -- a.. upon arising b.. mid morning c.. noon d.. mid afternoon as needed re: Cortef Hi Jamy and EveryOne, Since I have been unable to get a definitive answer about exactly what is in Isocort, I can't say for sure:-)) I have different opinions about what is in Isocort from about six different doctors. It contains Adrenal Cortex: that may be the whole adrenal cortex or it may be just cortisol. If it is cortisol it is a steroid just like Cortef. It it is the whole gland it may not be considered a steroid. However, I have also tried lots of other adrenal cortical glandulars and they don't seem to have as strong an effect as the Isocort so my guess would be that the Isocot contains cortisol. Dr. Teitlebaum " Fatigued to Fantastic " said it contained 2.5mg. of cortisol so that is what I am going by for now. (Blissworks) said she might have more information about it from the company that makes it (Bezweken) soon. Peace, Love and Harmony, Bev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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