iodine+armour+cortef, was Re: good iodine link

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The Natural Thyroid Hormones Adrenal

> >group has a lot of good info on dosing Cortef. I started out on 20mg

> >4x/day using Safe Uses of Cortisol approach but had to adjust due to

> >sleep problems.

>

> Thanks for this info. I will check out the above group. The Cortef

> doesn't seem to be doing anything for me. I'm really tired and still

> have occasional pulses of 41 (!)--usual pulse around 55. I can't

increase

> my Armour from 30mg. without getting hyper. And I've decreased my iodine

> (Iosol) to under 10 mgs. My alt med doc prescribes the Cortef twice

> daily, the last dose being at 2 pm., so I haven't had much trouble

> sleeping. I'm currently increasing to 15 mg. am and 10 mg. at 2 (was on

> 10 am and 5 at 2).

Hi, Dahlia,

What I've learned about Cortef or Isocort is that the goal is to

" recreate " the natural cortisol curve of a healthy individual, with

highest cortisol in the AM and decreasing from there.

As mentioned above, the Natural Thyroid Hormones Adrenals group does

have good info. There is also a dosing schedule at

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/adrenal-info/how-to-treat

And according to Peatfield, the thyroid meds should not even be

attempted to be increased until the adrenals are stabilized. More

info at http://featherstone.bravehost.com/thyroid/peatfieldadrenal.html

Peatfield also says that some people may require more than 20mg of

cortef. Pulse rates of 41-55 is pretty serious business.

I wish you the best!

Warmly,