Re: Starting fludrocortisone/florinef

November 17, 2007

Hi all this is my first contribution to this great forum.

About fludrocortisone

1st- you should take it at least an hour away from the hydrocortisone as

otherwise they cancel -each other out. I can t remember where i read that but

since i ve been doing it (almost 7 years now) no more problems

2nd- when you take it for the first time take a quarter of a tablet for a few

days and increase by a quarter of a tablet every few days until you take the

full tablet (0.1mg).that way you ll avoid the side effects of your body adapting

to the new balance: headaches,fever etc...

3rd- fludrocortisone works by helping to retain salt, so for it to work you

need to have salt in your diet; and even increase your salt consumption during

hot days or when you are sweating a lot (ie:exercise)

4th- Also if you are taking more than 25mg of Amitriptyline (brand name

Elavil) you might need more than one tablet of fludrocrtisone as Amitriptyline

lowers your blood pressure (one of the listed side effects), I don t really know

how; I am not a doctor just an informed patient who learned through

experience/trial and error

5th- also eventhough you are always thirsty don' t overdrink too much liquids

as that causes dilution of your electrolytes salt which in turn makes you pass

more urine (very clear urine) and further the low blood pressure

well that's my experience with Fludrocortisona nd low blood pressure hope it

may help someone else

marc

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November 18, 2007

While I agree 100% abotu fluoride, when you are low in Aldosterone we

have no other choice than Florinef. Some folks HAVE to have a

replacement and all the salt in the world is nto enough.

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