derby county said...
i have ordered a supplement which is called adrenal max support which is a bio-identical hydro-cortisone , in the hope it will help me taper of the pred without going back into a flare due to last time i finished the pred i was in a flare again within a month.
IMHO, bad idea. The idea behind Pred tapering is, your body should pick up the tab where pred stops to. If your body is unable to do that then you can not be on Pred forever. You got to figure out alternative.
If bioidentical meaning, it is doing the same job is Pred, why would you take this and not Pred. And, it will same same adverse effects as Pred. I am little confused what you are going to gain out of it, that you will not gain from Pred.
If this supplement would be *modifying* function of adrenal glands to get cortisone level upto the snuff, then it is different thing but that will not be good either (same equation, more cortisone in the system than what it should be ideally).
I would love to see what others have to say.