33/30/22/15Re: Re: Cortisol Dosage Schedule

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I forget where I read this; it is something about the

most natural replacement schedule. It is based on a

paper by Hindman or Hindash or something like that in

a medical journal for kids who have no adrenal

function at all (Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia) and

if there levels get too high they dont grow; if too

low their body makes way too much testosterone so it

is a real fine balancing act.

Here is the ddose scheudle THEY say

33% of total daily dose at 3am

30% of tltal daily dose at 7am

22% of total daily dose at noon

15% of total daiy dose at 5pm

hope that helps...just another idea of this is

supoosed to mimic it as closely as posssible for these

kids; maybe it will help someone? I used to use this

schedule (obviuolsy you have to round a little, there

is no way you can get 33% of a 5mg tablet!)

--- lindajaytee wrote:

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> >

> > Cortisol Dosage Schedule

> >

> > I'm currently reading the book Safe Uses Of

> Cortisol by Jefferies and I

> > found that he does have the same dosage 4 x 5mg

> cortisol/day as does

> > Andy, but the last dose of 5mg is taken just

> before going to bed

> > instead of before 4PM as Andy reccomends.

> According to Jefferies,

> > adrenal supression was not observed even with this

> " unnatural "

> > schedule. What do you think?

> >

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> Adrenal suppression wouldn't be expected because the

> total daily dose

> is less than a physiological dose.

>

> Some people would be able to take the before bed

> dose and sleep just

> fine (I can take cortef any time and go to sleep).

> Some others would

> find that even a 5 mg dose before bed would keep

> them awake. It's

> another one of those everyone is different things.

>

> If we wanted to mimic the bodies natural rythyms we

> would have to get

> up in the night to take the first dose because

> cortisol starts to go

> up some time during the night (I forget exactly

> when, 2-4 am?) in

> preparation for the next day. Waiting to take the

> first dose in the

> morning is still " unnatural " , if you see what I

> mean.

>

> J

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> > I'm currently on 5mg Prednisone/day but I will ask

> my doctor to switch

> > me to 20mg Cortef/day plus an occasionnal extra

> 5-20mg of Cortef in

> > case of unusual stress.

> >

> > And to add to that I 'd like to do a 5

> day/Prednisone or Cortef Taper

> > to get my adrenal reserve back up a bit before

> resuming chelation.

> >

> > ph

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