Posted by Elroy on June 30, 2005, at 21:48:39
In reply to Re: Anti-Cortisol Therapy: metyrapone and ketocona » SLS, posted by Elroy on June 29, 2005, at 23:33:12
Various links, no particular order, just from saved bookmarks.... maybe a slight chronological order....
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309049490/html/229.html
http://archfami.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/7/3/219
http://www.acnp.org/G4/GN401000096/CH094.html
http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/content/full/61/5/698
http://www.alfredsapsemd.com/91.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2309279.stm
http://www.psycport.com/showArticle.cfm?xmlFile=comtex_2002_08_01_bw_0000-1640-ca-stanford-medical.xml&provider=Business+Wire
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p040592.html
http://www.modern-psychiatry.com/many_more.htm
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nnp/research/publication/18411
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11593077&dopt=Abstract
http://www.healthyplace.com/communities/depression/psychotic_ru486.asp
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2000/november8/ru486-1108.html
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00048269 (this one endedlast year... would like to know what results were)
http://www2.eclinicalpsychiatrynews.com/scripts/om.dll/serve?action=searchDB&searchDBfor=art&artType=full&id=aqc04032616
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11593077&dopt=Abstract
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00048269
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/show/NCT00043654;jsessionid=955F33A66FD69427D72FD64A1EC3325B?amp%3Border=1
(have now included bi-polar in the mix... it's my belief that intend on testing each type of disorder that has elevated cortisol levels)Elroy
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> Will get some links (of studies) together and send them out tomorrow.
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> Off the top of my head, I thought I recalled reading (at least in one study) where remission rates were still showing as excellent several months later.
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> BTW, do you have highly elevated cortisol levels? I don't believe that the RU486 therapy is a generalized treatment protocol, but specifically for people with highly elevated cortisol (which is driving the anxiety and / or depression) that exists due to a dysfunctional HPA Axis.
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> > One of my concerns with the mifepristone 8-day protocol is that it will not have a persistent effect for someone like me (severe and chronic). I would anticipate needing several courses of treatments per year for the first several years. Even a compassionate use IND for mifepristone only allows two treatments per year.
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> > > or (if especially resistant) now quickly respond to standard treatments.
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> > Where did you gather this information from?
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