Posted by Larry Hoover on April 3, 2009, at 9:53:39
In reply to Re: hydrocortisone, posted by DanielJ on April 3, 2009, at 9:08:19
> A friend of ours has a son who is about 38 years
> old. After beeing treated for a physical condition
> with Hydrocortisone for a short time, he had a
> psychotic break with serious symptoms like
> mental confusion, hallucinations and delusions.
> He was hospitalised for a week and after extended
> testing, the cause of the psychosis was determined to
> be the Hydrocortisone. After discontinuing the drug
> for a few days his symptoms disappeared.I'm sorry to hear about that. It is, however, a known risk. One of the reasons for the hospitalization and testing is to determine if something else was going on. They had to rule out other causes, and that takes a little while. Meanwhile, discontinuation of the hydrocortisone, along with remission of symptoms, would provide a presumptive case for cause and effect.
Lar
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