Posted by jerrympls on April 9, 2003, at 19:57:34
In reply to Re: low cortisol- Jerry mpls and bozeman » Dave1, posted by bozeman on April 9, 2003, at 18:24:21
> Some doctors do a 24-hr. urine cortisol test, some do the cortrisyn stimulation test (where they draw blood, give you the hormone shot, then draw blood 30 minutes later.) I don't know in which circumstances, which test is more useful, but Pfinstegg could probably tell you?
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> I wouldn't think you would need to block cortisol if it's normal. That could cause harm in different ways, I think (not enough is bad, as is too much cortisol.)
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> Hope this helps. Good luck.
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> bozeman
Yeah - I had both of those tests performed - the urine one he had me to twice. The weird thing was that the adrenal stimulation test (where they draw blood) was all normal - but both 24-hr urine screens showed low levels of cortisol.Go figure?
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