Quote from: renal30yrs on February 09, 2007, 03:31:55 AMI've been taking prenidzone since I was 13 years old. Without 7.5mg a day I cannot even walk.To you and Angie - Your adrenal glands produce 7.5mg of steroids daily. That is why you are on 7.5mg of prednisone daily as a replacement therapy. Without it you would die. People cannot live without adrenal glands.
I've been taking prenidzone since I was 13 years old. Without 7.5mg a day I cannot even walk.
Quote from: Rerun on February 09, 2007, 08:29:40 AMQuote from: renal30yrs on February 09, 2007, 03:31:55 AMI've been taking prenidzone since I was 13 years old. Without 7.5mg a day I cannot even walk.To you and Angie - Your adrenal glands produce 7.5mg of steroids daily. That is why you are on 7.5mg of prednisone daily as a replacement therapy. Without it you would die. People cannot live without adrenal glands.Really??What would happen first? Are the only adrenal glands on the kidneys? People have asked me this and told me there are more somewhere. I just never bothered to look it up because I didn't think it was a big deal. They had to remove the ones on my kidneys as they had gotten infected as well.
Okay Good luck on the test Rerun! I know on my medical alert bracelet it says that I have Adrenal Insuffiency but I really know very little about it.
AAAHhhhhhhhhh I was right (I love it)This Dr. called me back today to tell me that the baseline adrenal gland stress test had additional information that she just found. My baseline was 8 but my test results after the injection were 11 and 14.5 respectively. I guess at a minimum it should have hit 18. She indicated that this may cause a problem if I'm ever sick with the flu or pneumonia. I need to tell doctors that I need "Stress Dose Steroids."I'm not sure I understand the implications. Should I stay on 2mg of prednisone or go up to 3? Do I ever try to get off prednisone completely? Do I have some underlying problem that we need to look into.She said my pituitary gland and adrenal gland are working they are not dead.
I will let you know. I'm going to search "Stress Dose Steroids" and see what I find.