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Dr. Friedman, when he was a fellow at the NIH in the 1990s, published a paper in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism on the timing of giving glucocorticoids to patients with Addison disease. This paper involved sleep studies, and Dr. Friedman and colleagues found that a small dose of hydrocortisone given at bedtime […]
Understanding Glucocorticoid Replacement for Adrenal Insufficiency Patients with adrenal insufficiency, either due to a pituitary problem or an adrenal problem, need glucocorticoid replacement. Patients with adrenal causes of adrenal insufficiency, such as those who have had an bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing’s disease, need both glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid replacement. Glucocorticoid replacement is usually given in the […]
