Guest guest Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 If you don't want to become addicted like me, here are some suggestions on how to use it to avoid addiction. You can use Isocort for a few days starting at the same time as you start a thyroid dose raise. If you use it just for a few days, you will not become dependent and can just stop after that. It will make dose raises go so much better and avoid the crash thingy a lot of the time. Use anywhere from 4 tablets a day to 8 taken as 1 to 2 tablets every 4 hours. cortisol doesn't last longer than about 4 hours in the system after you take it. Other options are to go to an every other day scheme. This can be helpful and is much less addictive. But, my advice is to not do it too long. It takes about 4 weeks of solid cortisone use to become dependent. So, occassional use when you are overly stressed, sick or otherwise pushed to the brink can be helpful and will not be addictive. I was first put on cortef prescription cortisone and switched to IsoCort. After 8 months I got off and I didn't have a lot of trouble. Then I went back on so I could do all the work I needed to pack and move in the winter. I stayed on another year plus and this time I am really having a heard time getting off. The longer you are on it, the worse it gets. So, just from my experience now, I do not recommend staying on cortisone long. Better yet to just use it occasionally for no longer than a week at a time. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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