Re: Another question about tests please

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the nurses said i'd be retested on thursday, and just come off the hc the day

before hand. the adrenals will still respond to acth/synachten right? or not?

http://www.pat.nhs.uk/uploads/20100126_0590-PI(M)ShortSynacthenTest.pdf

" If you take hydrocortisone please omit the morning dose

until after the test has been completed. If you are taking

prednisolone or cortisone, please transfer to dexamethasone

two weeks prior to the test, and omit your morning dose prior

to the test. "

thanks Phil

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> once you start on HC you can't test to see how your Adrenal and Cortisol

levels are doing. You need to be off HC 2 weeks to do this and I would give it

a good 6 months on it before trying to come off it to test again. If your

talking about a diff. test you need to talk about this with your GP to night

when you talk to him. If you come off HC to retest you need to come off it like

it says in the FAQ's I gave you.

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[Guest guest]

Wow are you sure your seeing a good Dr. no you can't get good labs taking any HC

every a cream for a rash will give bad readings for Cortisol. You can't start

on this if your doing testing again in that shot of time. Just hold off going

on the HC until all your testing is done.

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Phil

> From: <chrisjtaylor46@...>

> Subject: Re: Another question about tests please

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> Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 4:26 PM

> the nurses said i'd be retested on

> thursday, and just come off the hc the day before hand. the

> adrenals will still respond to acth/synachten right? 

> or not? 

>

> http://www.pat.nhs.uk/uploads/20100126_0590-PI(M)ShortSynacthenTest.pdf

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> " If you take hydrocortisone please omit the morning dose

> until after the test has been completed. If you are taking

> prednisolone or cortisone, please transfer to

> dexamethasone

> two weeks prior to the test, and omit your morning dose

> prior

> to the test. "

>

> thanks Phil

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> > once you start on HC you can't test to see how

> your Adrenal and Cortisol levels are doing.  You need

> to be off HC 2 weeks to do this and I would give it a good 6

> months on it before trying to come off it to test

> again.  If your talking about a diff. test you need to

> talk about this with your GP to night when you talk to

> him.  If you come off HC to retest you need to come off

> it like it says in the FAQ's I gave you.

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> > Phil

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[Guest guest]

that's the advice from the NHS though, *every* NHS site carries this

information?

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> Wow are you sure your seeing a good Dr. no you can't get good labs taking any

HC every a cream for a rash will give bad readings for Cortisol. You can't

start on this if your doing testing again in that shot of time. Just hold off

going on the HC until all your testing is done.

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> Phil

[Guest guest]

Here read this from a dam good Dr. in the UK.

It's been a time that I have read this but I am sure he talks about testing.

http://featherstone.bravehost.com/thyroid/peatfieldadrenal.html

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Phil

> From: <chrisjtaylor46@...>

> Subject: Re: Another question about tests please

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> Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 4:33 PM

> that's the advice from the NHS

> though, *every* NHS site carries this information?

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> > Wow are you sure your seeing a good Dr. no you can't

> get good labs taking any HC every a cream for a rash will

> give bad readings for Cortisol.  You can't start on

> this if your doing testing again in that shot of time. 

> Just hold off going on the HC until all your testing is

> done.

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> > Phil

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[Guest guest]

thanks i took a look at that. I have read dr Peatfield's book and seen him a

couple of times nearly two years ago

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> Here read this from a dam good Dr. in the UK.

> It's been a time that I have read this but I am sure he talks about testing.

> http://featherstone.bravehost.com/thyroid/peatfieldadrenal.html

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> Phil

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