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Cushing syndrome is a disorder with physical and mental changes that result from having too much cortisol in the blood for a long period of time.
Important Symptoms of Cushing’s Syndrome
Important Signs of Cushing’s Syndrome
Endocrinologist, Dr. Friedman, often uses medications to treat Cushing’s syndrome. Unlikely other doctors that may take a long time to diagnose a patient with Cushing’s and then send the patient directly to surgery, Dr. Friedman puts all patients that he has diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome. on cortisol-lowering medications prior to pituitary surgery. He does that for 4 reasons:
Dr. Friedman especially recommends ketoconazole; an in-depth article on ketoconazole can be found on goodhormonehealth.com. He also uses Isturisa (osilodrostat), often in combination with ketoconazole. Many patients feel so well on the medications, they don’t want surgery. Dr. Friedman has patients that have done well on ketoconazole for over 10 years.
Dr. Friedman has the most experience of using medications to treat Cushing’s disease of any Endocrinologist in the country.
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