Re: Questions and Comments on HC yankeeexile

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> > Yeah, I've always been a little nervous about this. Whenever I've

> > been given cortizone it's made me severely nauseous for 2 days

> > afterwards, even when being used topically in physical therapy.

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> The nausea comes from the brain sending out ACTH. The adrenals are

> waiting for the cortisol to be supplied orally or topically are are

> being lazy, so don't immediately respond and ACTH keeps coming. It

> is the buildup of ACTH that leads to nausea. This has happened to

> me lots when I miss a dose or when I'm changing the dose schedule.

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> J

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, thanks so much for explaining this! It really makes sense,

especially since I also got really nauseous when they did the cortisol

stimulation test, which is injections of ACTH. I hadn't been able to

figure that one out.