Posted by pfinstegg on September 10, 2002, at 18:57:01
In reply to Re: cortisol considerations (long), posted by EarlyWakening on September 9, 2002, at 22:48:21
Ritch and EarlyWakening,
As to the TSH, I have to wait six weeks to have it retested after each medication adjustment. It shouldn't be hard to get it down to 0.5- just takes time and tweaking.
The mifepristone, although approved in 2000 as the "morning-after" pill, is still embroiled in political controversy, and can be hard to obtain, depending on which state you live in. However, using it for depression at this point would be "off-label" and premature. I was just thinking ahead towards something which might be more effective than the treatments I've had so far. The studies at Stanford and NIH were on the 15% of people who have major depression with psychotic features- and the numbers of patients were very small. Things like dosages and length of treatment have not yet been worked out at all. Also, the cortisol metabolism in those patients was extremely abnormal. What helped them might not
help those of us with non-psychotic major depression or bipolar disorder. Still, the studies were encouraging enough for the FDA to "fast-track" them, so it is encouraging!
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