Re: Florinef / Difference Between Florinef and HC

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Flo­ri­nef (flu­dro­cor­ti­sone) and Cor­tef (hydro­cor­ti­sone) are both

synthe­tic ste­roids. But Flo­ri­nef bet­ter imi­ta­tes what Aldos­te­rone does,

and Cor­tef bet­ter imi­ta­tes what cor­ti­sol does.

Flo­ri­nef has grea­ter mine­ral­cor­ti­coid acti­vity, just like Aldos­te­rone

does.

Cor­tef has grea­ter glu­co­cor­ti­coid acti­vity, just like Cor­ti­sol does.

To have mine­ral­cor­ti­coid acti­vity means it con­trols elec­trolyte and water

levels, mainly by pro­mo­ting sodium reten­tion in the kid­ney. (yours is low,

thus the rea­son you uri­nate a lot, and lose salt because of that.).

To have glu­co­cor­ti­coid acti­vity means it con­trols car­bohy­drate, fat and

pro­tein meta­bo­lism and is anti-inflammatory. It allows thy­roid hor­mo­nes to

get to your cells.

So you can see that Cor­tef won't help you retain salt, just as Flo­ri­nef won't

help thy­roid hor­mo­nes get to your cells.

from:

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/aldosterone/

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> >I was not familiar with this medication, so I looked it up and here is what I

found. I didn't realize it is cortisone, I thought it some form of iron

supplement.

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> It's not cortisone, it's another adrenal hormone called Aldosterone.

> If you Google that you will find out lots about it

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> There is almost certainly some in the adrenal group FAQ as well

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

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> Their FAQ Web site is here http://faqhelp.webs.com/

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> It's a fringe activity for here best discussed in the adrenal group

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> Nick

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> www.thyroid-rt3.com

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