Re: Relora good for adrenals and sleep?

[Guest guest]

You can purchase pure Relora at Swanson Vitamins online. It is not

the same as you find in the stores.

Gale

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> Val,

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> You said this was a great article (on Nov 12--I'm a touch behind!). I

> found the below info on RELORA, but I seem to remember folks saying bad

> things about it. What's up with this? Do you and others recommend it

> for low cortisol? Do you think it would help w/sleep if one is troubled

> by low cortisol?

>

> >>Relora® ( A herbal preperation produced by Next Pharmaceuticals) has

> similar subjective effects on sleep and anxiety as tranquilizer

> medications such as the benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax), but without any

> of the potential side-effects such as sedation and addiction. As such,

> Relora® is a very effective natural sleep aid. More importantly in the

> context of this page, studies have shown that Relora® has the ability to

> balance the adrenal hormones, cortisol and DHEA, moving them away from a

> stress profile to more healthy levels.>>

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> thanks,

>

> Dahlia

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>

[Guest guest]

You can purchase pure Relora at Swanson Vitamins online. It is not

the same as you find in the stores.

Gale

>

>

http://www.ei-resource.org/articles/related-conditi%20ns-articles/the-dia

>

gnosis-and-treatment-of-an-endemic-illness-(thyroid-and-adrenal-dysfuncti

> on)/

>

> Val,

>

> You said this was a great article (on Nov 12--I'm a touch behind!). I

> found the below info on RELORA, but I seem to remember folks saying bad

> things about it. What's up with this? Do you and others recommend it

> for low cortisol? Do you think it would help w/sleep if one is troubled

> by low cortisol?

>

> >>Relora® ( A herbal preperation produced by Next Pharmaceuticals) has

> similar subjective effects on sleep and anxiety as tranquilizer

> medications such as the benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax), but without any

> of the potential side-effects such as sedation and addiction. As such,

> Relora® is a very effective natural sleep aid. More importantly in the

> context of this page, studies have shown that Relora® has the ability to

> balance the adrenal hormones, cortisol and DHEA, moving them away from a

> stress profile to more healthy levels.>>

>

> thanks,

>

> Dahlia

>

>

[Guest guest]

>>You said this was a great article (on Nov 12--I'm a touch behind!). I

found the below info on RELORA, but I seem to remember folks saying bad

things about it. What's up with this? Do you and others recommend it

for low cortisol? Do you think it would help w/sleep if one is troubled

by low cortisol?<<

I have no idea what is in it so really can;t comment.

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[Guest guest]

>>You can purchase pure Relora at Swanson Vitamins online. It is not

the same as you find in the stores.>>

Thanks all for replying. Gale, have you tried Relora and if so, what

have you found?

I'm thinking it might help improve sleep for those of us with low

night-time cortisol. Any thoughts?

Dahlia

p.s. good info on Relora at

http://www.nextpharmaceuticals.com/relora/relora.html

includes this:

" ....A second trial was undertaken to measure cortisol and DHEA levels in

12 patients with mild to moderate stress. Elevated cortisol levels and

depressed DHEA levels are associated with chronic stress. A two-week

regimen of Relora® caused a significant (P= 0.003) increase in salivary

DHEA (227%) and a significant (P = 0.01) decrease in morning salivary

cortisol levels (37%). Cortisol and DHEA levels were returned to normal

in all subjects during the course of Relora®. .... "

Question is: would it lower cortisol in all patients or only those with

high levels? So far, I've found conflicting data...

[Guest guest]

>>Thanks all for replying. Gale, have you tried Relora and if so, what

have you found?

I'm thinking it might help improve sleep for those of us with low

night-time cortisol. Any thoughts?<<

Tough no one seems ot know what is IN this stuff, idsn;t it to lower cortiosl?

If so thenI sure wouldn;t take it if oyu have lwo cortiosl already. The way to

bering night time cortiosl down when you are too low in thr daytime is to raise

the daytime cortisol. It works!

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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

[Guest guest]

>> Relora is for HIGH cortisol. You do not want to take

it for low cortisol>>

Hi Cheri,

I appreciate your feedback. Thanks for sharing your experience and

thoughts on Relora. I did google around a bit and they certainly market

it for bringing down high cortisol levels. But I also got a response

from the company that patented Relora (Next Pharmaceuticals) which I

print here, fwiw:

" We do not believe that Relora will lower cortisol when cortisol is

already

in the normal range, or if cortisol is low to start with. Relora appears

to

only help bring elevated cortisol levels into normal ranges. "

Dahlia

[Guest guest]

>>The way to bering night time cortiosl down when you are too low in thr

daytime is to raise the daytime cortisol. It works! >>

Hi Val,

Yes, I think I'm finally getting it. I had to raise my daytime hc dose

and when I finally got it right for a couple of days, my sleeplessness

improved. I only woke up once last night and had no trouble falling back

asleep--amazing!

Thanks for all you do, and Happy Birthday!

Dahlia