Guest guest Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Okay, I have googled my own question. Although I didn't find anything on LDN and cortisol in people who were not suffering from alcoholism, Alzheimer's, or drug issues, it does seem that naltrexone does affect the HPA axis. I guess it's safer to stop taking it. I'm sure 2 weeks won't kill me... Jaye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 HiI found your question intriguing and googled it myself. There was one study comparing healthy men with women. When given 100mg naltrexone womens cortisol in saliva went up while mens did not change.I don't know what conclusions to draw from that. The study was intending to apply the result s to the directed treatmnet of women and men with naltrexone.For us, I wonder if it makes too much difference since our up to 4.5mg naltreone is nothing in compasison to 100mg.I am concerned with this issue too, because I am taking 4.5mg prednisone. I am hesitant to taper any morerocketFrom: jprocure@... <jprocure@...>Subject: [low dose naltrexone] LDN and cortisollow dose naltrexone Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 4:40 PM Okay, I have googled my own question. Although I didn't find anything on LDN and cortisol in people who were not suffering from alcoholism, Alzheimer's, or drug issues, it does seem that naltrexone does affect the HPA axis. I guess it's safer to stop taking it. I'm sure 2 weeks won't kill me... Jaye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 I saw this one too. Interesting indeed, but as you point out, they're dealing with a much higher dosage than we are. One wonders though if it isn't at least partly the women's somewhat more complicated endocrine system that caused the reaction to be different. And I am female.I really only want to have to do this test once...JayeOn 3 February 2011 21:11, Bridges <cbrocket2003@...> wrote: HiI found your question intriguing and googled it myself. There was one study comparing healthy men with women. When given 100mg naltrexone womens cortisol in saliva went up while mens did not change.I don't know what conclusions to draw from that. The study was intending to apply the result s to the directed treatmnet of women and men with naltrexone. For us, I wonder if it makes too much difference since our up to 4.5mg naltreone is nothing in compasison to 100mg.I am concerned with this issue too, because I am taking 4.5mg prednisone. I am hesitant to taper any more rocket From: jprocure@... <jprocure@...> Subject: [low dose naltrexone] LDN and cortisollow dose naltrexone Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 4:40 PM Okay, I have googled my own question. Although I didn't find anything on LDN and cortisol in people who were not suffering from alcoholism, Alzheimer's, or drug issues, it does seem that naltrexone does affect the HPA axis. I guess it's safer to stop taking it. I'm sure 2 weeks won't kill me... Jaye -- Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. - Wilde Please check out my blog:http://catholicanuck.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Jaye, since you are planning to use LDN as a maintenance therapy, wouldn't it be more practical to know how your adrenals are functioning whilst on ldn rather than whilst off?rocketchristine bridges From: jprocure@... <jprocure@...> Subject: [low dose naltrexone] LDN and cortisollow dose naltrexone Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 4:40 PM Okay, I have googled my own question. Although I didn't find anything on LDN and cortisol in people who were not suffering from alcoholism, Alzheimer's, or drug issues, it does seem that naltrexone does affect the HPA axis. I guess it's safer to stop taking it. I'm sure 2 weeks won't kill me... Jaye -- Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. - Wilde Please check out my blog:http://catholicanuck.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Skip would be the best one to reply to this. My take, LDN has nothing to do with adrenals, or as far as I know cortisol production or lack of it, so I wouldn;t imagine it would skew a cortisol test, but Skip could advise you better... Can anyone tell me if LDN can skew a saliva cortisol test? The adrenal group is on hiatus so I can't ask them.Jaye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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