Safe Uses of Cortisol [Paperback]
Author: William McK. Jefferies | Language: English | ISBN: 0398075018 | Format: PDF, EPUB
Safe Uses of Cortisol
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- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd; 3 edition (August 1, 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0398075018
- ISBN-13: 978-0398075019
- Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,434 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #11 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Medicine > Diagnostics & Labs > Laboratory Medicine
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"I feel wiped out--dead tired all the time." "The least little thing leaves me exhausted." "I can't even make the bed without collapsing." "The weakness, dizziness and brain fog are the worst."
If you've ever said these things to your doctor, or had a patient say them to you, then you need to own, "Safe Uses of Cortisone." This book is not about learning to get by and accept less out of life. It's not about using gentle new age exercises and expensive herbs to get over a serious medical condition. "Safe Uses of Cortisone" is about using safe, sane, normal, natural levels of adrenaline to correct very real and measurable medical problems.
While there is a fair amount of medical jargon in the book, the writing style is approachable, clear and easy to follow. For example, at the beginning of "Chapter 2: Sources of Confusion," Jefferies writes, "That cortisone and hydrocortisone are normal hormones of the adrenal cortex implies that in physiological dosages they must be safe." Doctors, and those with an interest biology, will have no trouble following the text.
Dr. Jefferies, with 1,000 patient years of experience using cortisone therapy, explains the sources of confusion about cortisone, the significance of normal adrenocortical function and accepted uses of physiological dosages. Then he goes on to discuss using cortisone in gonadal dysfunction, rheumatic disorders, allergies and other autoimmune disorders. He closes with chapters on respiratory infections and other conditions that could benefit from physiological dosages of glucocorticoids.
The Safe Use of Cortisol by William McK Jefferies MD is a medical classic, and along with its companion classic by Broda Barnes, Hypothyroidism, the Unsuspected Illness, both books should be required reading by every medical student and MD and deserve a prominent place in every medical library. I have read both numerous times, and plan to re-read both again.
This book contains a condensation of clinical knowledge from the career of a medical giant, and a wealth of knowledge not found anywhere else, and is complete with references to the medical literature, case histories, laboratory studies and dosages.
In this slim volume, Safe Use of Cortisol, Dr. McK Jefferies points out an important distinction which is not widely known by mainstream doctors or the public. This is the distinction between the lower and completely safe, physiologic doses of cortisol, and the dangerous higher pharmacologic dosage levels commonly used by mainstream doctors to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other auto-immune diseases.
While the lower cortisol doses below 40 mg per day are safe, above this dosage level is increased risk of adrenal suppression, and increased risk of adverse side effects including moon face, osteoporosis with spontaneous fractures, thinning of skin with easy bruising, striae, subcutaneous hemorrhages, fluid retention with edema, and cataracts.
Cortisol is widely available as inexpensive Cortef from the corner drug store, and is the bio-identical hormone secreted by the adrenal gland. Since it is a natural hormone, it cannot be patented, explaining the lack of funding for research by the pharmaceutical companies.
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