RE: Cortef and weight gain?

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R,

I have been taking Cortef for a year and the first 8 months I had no weight

gain hardly at all. The last few months I gained 14lbs... (the holidays may

have contributed to this). On the question you had regarding how you know

which to take more of... my doctor runs labs but only uses them as a guide.

She mostly goes off my symptoms. Usually when you are low on Cortef it is

so much worse than when you are low on Armour. You get very nauseated,

extreme muscle weakness, extreme fatigue/yawning episodes. I could

definitely tell when my cortisol was low. I can tell when Armour is low

because my blood pressure drops, temp drops, heart seems like it works

harder...pounding feeling due to the low blood pressure. Hope this helps!

LaCretia

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>For those of you who have used Cortef with your Armour, did you

>experience weight gain? How did you decide whether you needed more

>Armour or more Cortef?

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