Re: Need opinion Thyroid test/ & Mike, Tim got Prednisolone prescribed

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He's my husband, 39 years old.

In an earlier posting (need a push in the right direction) I talked

about seeing the doctor (family practice) for a try at hydrocortisone

for adrenal insuffiency.We went today and he said he was not

comfortable prescribing HC on a daily basis but was ok with a

prednisolone taper. He ordered it at 5 mg 3x's a day. Then said that

i could taper it down to once a day and he will see us in a month.

That was the extent of the instructions.

I know that prednisolone at 5mg is the equivalent to 20mg of HC. I

don't think I will be doing his exact dosing unless someone who has

done this sort of thing tells me it went ok for them.

Carie

> >

> > This is Tim's latest Thyroid test.

> > Although the TSH doesn't look right to me, Im having trouble

knowing if

> > the relationship between all tests suggest an abnormality.

> > Not sure how to do the comparison in andy's book. Could someone

make it

> > easier on me if you already know how to do this?

> > Carie

> >

> > TSH is 0.85 Ref range(0.34-5.60 IU/ml)

> > Free T4 0.87 Ref range (0.58-1.26 ng/gl)

> > Free T3 327 Ref range (230-420 pg/dl)

> > Total T4 8.1 Ref range (6.1-12.2 ug/dl)

> > T3 Uptake 38.6 Ref range (32.0-48.4%)

> > FTI 7.8 Ref range (5.9-13.1 ug/dl)

> > Thyroid Peroxidase AB <10 Ref range (<35)

> >

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