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What does it do?
This product is used in the treatment of inflammatory and itchy dermatoses. It has an anti-inflammatory effect, but its exact mechanism of action is unknown.
Last text update: 2010-12-13
Last data update: 2012-01-14
Usage:
Hydrocortisone is most commonly used to treat the conditions below, together with the percentage of all people taking the medication for the particular condition.
| Disease/Condition | % |
|---|
| Adrenal Insufficiency | 50% |
| Rash/Eczema | 18% |
| Chronic Fatigue | 7% |
| Allergies | 7% |
| Crohn's Disease | 7% |
| Hemorrhoids | 4% |
| Pain-Generalized | 4% |
| Lupus | 4% |
General Information:
- 7.3
- Hydrocortisone Average Satisfaction Score
- 86% of patients are at least somewhat satisfied with Hydrocortisone.
MediGuard regularly polls our more than 2,600 users taking Hydrocortisone (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)) using the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medications (TSQM). This feedback is continuously updated for the benefit of the MediGuard community. To request scores for specific patient subgroups, please contact research@mediguard.org.
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Global Patient Feedback for Hydrocortisone (Hydrocortisone)
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Has anyone had bad interactions with any blood pressure meds? If so, which ones? Are there any that have worked well for you? I am on just 10 mg./day of hydrocortisone for my secondary adrenal insufficiency; however, I also take 60 mg. of Armour Thyroid. Thank you.
- 64 year old – Source: MediGuard
- Posted: 2010-10-05 08:32:51
I take 25 mgs hydrocortisone per day due to pituitary dysfunction after having a cyst removed from my pit. gland.(My adrenals work fine but the message from my pit. gland doesn't get sent to produce cortisol so I have to take hydrocortisone to replace what my body is not making).Pharmacists tell me I shouldn't take ibuprofen since that w/ hydrocortisone can cause serious gastric/digestion issues.I have inflamation in my arm due to tennis elbow.What can I take to help w/the inflamation?
- 52 year old – Source: MediGuard
- Posted: 2010-06-29 00:04:21
I was diagnosed with Hepatitis-C in 1996 - I'd had the viral liver infection for 30 years w/o knowing. I was told to do Interferon or maybe die (only 20% chance of Interferon working). I did the Interferon for over a year. Month 6 I became deathly ill and never recovered after stopping treatment. Dx'd with chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia. Wrong. 7 years of living like zombie & 1000's of tests. Finally Dx'd with Addison's! Cortef brought me back to the land of the living. Sort of. I miss my adrenals
- 55 year old – Source: MediGuard
- Posted: 2010-03-18 23:35:32
