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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Side Effects from Hydrocortisone Too Risky
September 28th, 1998
Low doses of the steroid hydrocortisone can cause slight improvement in some chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) symptoms, but at the risk of inducing adrenal suppression. This finding, researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) claim, precludes the use of hydrocortisone in people with the illness. Their report appeared in the September 23/30, 1998, issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association ("Low-Dose Hydrocortisone Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial," JAMA, Sept 23/30, 1998;280:1061-66). "The data show that about half the people on placebo and two-thirds of those...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (1998-09-28)
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