Re: Adrenal support cautions

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Trish,

Do you know anything about Fatigued to Fantastic Adreanal Stress End?

It has

Recommendations: Two capsules daily.

Capsule Size: 00

Serving Size: 2 Capsules Amount/Serving %DV

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Vitamin C (ascorbic acid and from rose hips) 150 mg 250 %

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Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine HCl) 50 mg 2,500 %

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Pantothenic Acid (as calcium D-pantothenate) 100 mg 1,000 %

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Adrenal Polypeptide Fractions†† 400 mg *

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Betaine 250 mg *

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L-Tyrosine 250 mg *

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Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) 200 mg *

Root and Rhizome Extract standardized to contain 5% glycyrrhizic

acid

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Adrenal Cortex Extract 33 mg

†Fatigued to Fantastic!® Adrenal Stress-End™supplies the necessary

nutrients to support adrenal gland function. †The adrenal glands

secrete several important hormones that help maintain the balance of

many body functions during stress. †Using Fatigued to Fantastic!

®Adrenal Stress-End™can help you stay energized throughout even the

most stressful day.

Is this ok to take for three weeks?

Thanks

>

> A friend of mine wanted me to post a little bit about adrenal

> support. She had noticed that someone was taking both IsoCort and

> Nutri+meds adrenal glandulars. I want to make people aware that

> whole glandulars, IsoCort, and other adrenal extracts contain

> cortisone. They are not benign, unless it expressly says on the

> label that there is no hormone in them. Nutri+meds has somewhere

> between 2 to 4 mg of cortisone per pill. IsoCort has 2-1/2 mg per

> pill. Other over-the-counter or off-the-web adrenal extracts made

> from either the whole adrenal gland or the adrenal cortex of

sheep,

> or cows also contain cortisone, but the amount is not known as the

> manufacturer cannot tell you without risking loosing their

> supplement status.

>

> The part of the adrenal gland of humans and animals that makes

> cortisone is the adrenal cortex. The adrenal cortex, from which

> IsoCort is made of, is the inner part of the whole adrenal gland.

> Nutri+Meds and other whole adrenal glandular extracts contain the

> whole adrenal gland and that means it includes the adrenal cortex

> and the outer part of the gland. Whole glandulars will contain

> epinephrine and norepinephrine (adrenalin) specifically made by

the

> outer part of the gland and about 20 hormones made by the cortex

> including cortisone. The outer part of the gland rarely fatigues

or

> developes problems and so with whole glandulars you will be

getting

> some hormones you may not need along with cortisone from the

cortex.

>

> Any time you use these over an extended time, such as around 3 to

4

> weeks, you are then dependent on them and must taper off slowly.

You

> also are at risk of weakening your own gland by the amount of your

> dose. So, if you take 6 Nutri+meds a day for over 4 weeks, your

own

> adrenal gland will be weakened very roughly by half. If you take 8

> IsoCorts a day, your gland will eventually be weakened by over

60%.

>

> You should not add Nutri+meds on top of IsoCort, unless you are

> aware of your total daily dose of cortisone. It would be very easy

> to totally suppress your own adrenal production. You do not want

to

> do this. First it puts you at risk of an adrenal crisis, which

could

> be quite dangerous. Second, you increase your risk of secondary

> 's disease, where your own adrenal function will not return

> to normal when you try to get off the glandulars.

>

> The healthy adrenal produces somewhere between 20 mg to 40 mg of

> cortisone a day. You need to be aware of your total daily dose of

> cortisone in glandulars and make an effort to not allow your dose

to

> be too high so that it totally suppresses your own adrenal

> production. You need to treat glandulars like real medicines and

> take them on schedule if you are using them continuously for over

3

> weeks. You need to taper off of them slowly if you have been on

them

> for some time, just like real cortisone prescriptions from the

> doctor.

>

> Tish