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| Equivalent maximum doses (do not take pregnenolone or any other adrenal supplement that breaks down into cortisol with these) cortisone acetate 37 1/2 hydrocortisone 30 mg cortef 30 mg prednisone 7 1/2 mg prednisolone 7 1/2 mg triamcinolone 6 mg methylprednisolone 6 mg **dexamethasone 1 mg betamethasone 0.8 mg *Isocort max dose 8 pellets-is said to have 2 1/2 mg of cortisol per pellet, so 8 pellets is 20 mg of cortisol. **info sources can range from 1 mg dex = 6 mg medrol = 30 mg Cortef to 1 mg dex =16 mg medrol=80 mg Cortef. In my experiance with dex (your experiance may differ), I've found the equivalents to be closer to 1 mg Dexamethasone = 30 mg Prednisone = 24 mg Medrol =120 mg Cortef/HC. These figures are rough estimations |
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| Glucocorticoid half lives cortisone acetate 30 minutes cortisone (oral) 0.8 - 8 hours hydrocortisone 1 -8 hours cortisone (IM) 1.3 -18 hours prednisone 16 -36 hours prednisolone 18 - 36 hours triamcinolone 18- 36 hours methylprednisolone 18- 36 hours dexamethasone 36 - 54 hours betamethasone 36- 54 hours These figures are rough estimations |
| The relative mineralcorticoid potencies of different steroids Human Aldosterone 300 Fludrocortisone Acetate (Florinef) 150 Deoxycorticosterone acetate 20 Cortisol/hydrocortisone 2 Cortisone 2 Prednisone 1 Prednisolone 1 Methylprednisolone 0.5 Triamcinolone 0 Dexamethasone 0 Betamethasone 0 These figures are rough estimations |
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| Armour to Thyroid-S conversion Guide 3 3/8 grains Armour = 3 1/2 grains Thyroid-S or 1 grain Armour = .9643 grain Thyroid-S |
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| Glucocorticoid Potencies of Different Steroids deoxycorticosterone acetate 0 Human Aldosterone 0.3 cortisone acetate 0.8 hydrocortisone 1.0 prednisone 4.0 prednisolone 4.0 triamcinolone 5.0 methylprednisolone 6.0 Fludrocortisone acetate (florinef) 15 dexamethasone 24 - 80 (my experiance with dex found to be 24) betamethasone 24 - 30 These figures are rough estimations |
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