Fludrocortisone Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Florinef
What is Fludrocortisone?
Fludrocortisone is a synthetic corticosteroid It is used primarily to replace the missing hormone aldosterone in various forms of adrenal insufficiency such as Addison's disease and congenital adrenal hyperplasia. It is the first line of treatment for orthostatic intolerance.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Orthostatic/Postural Hypotension | 13 |
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4 | |
| Low blood pressure (hypotension) | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Personal research
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1 | 33% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 33% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 33% |
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Other
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1 | 33% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- david100
- Sex: M
- Mood: Very bad
- Cognition: Severe
- Autonomic: Severe
- Head: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Legs: severe
- Tremors: moderate
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- david100
- 0.3 mg daily
- since Sep 20, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Orthostatic/Postural Hypotension
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips So far it is regulating my blood pressure. See full evaluation
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- RebeccaJean
- Sex: F
- Mood: Very bad
- Cognition: Severe
- Autonomic: Severe
- Head: severe
- Arms: severe
- Legs: severe
- Tremors: moderate
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- RebeccaJean
- 0.2 mg daily
- since Jul 01, 2006
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Orthostatic/Postural Hypotension
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Side Effects
Moderate
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- spoonless4sure
- Sex: M
- Mood: Very bad
- Cognition: Moderate
- Autonomic: Moderate
- Head: none
- Arms: mild
- Legs: severe
- Tremors: mild
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- spoonless4sure
- 0.2 mg daily
- since Feb 19, 2005
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Efficacy
Major
for Orthostatic/Postural Hypotension
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Med worked well. I had to stop as it is unavailable in Mexico. See full evaluation
See all 5 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.