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Could Depression After Taking Steroid Injections Be Due To Adrenal Insufficiency?
My 85 year old mother had a 2 steroid epideral injections 20 days apart. 1 week following the 2nd injection, she began feeling exhausted, no appetite, nausea, and depressed. Her doctor is treating it like depression. I am a nurse and wonder if this adrenal insuffieiency from the injections. How soon would symptoms for that show? Her symtoms began appearing 1 week after final injection.
Tue, 20 Feb 2018
Hello and thank you for asking.
I can understand your concern regarding to your mother's health.
Only to injections per month can hardly cause adrenal insufficiency.
There are needed at least 15 days treatment with corticosteroids to cause adrenal insufficiency.
Anyway, if she has symptoms of adrenal insufficiency, you may check cortisol level at 8.00 a.m or do an ACTH stimulation test.
Will be a pleasure to help you after the results.
Wish her good health.
Kind regards,
Dr.Mirjeta
I can understand your concern regarding to your mother's health.
Only to injections per month can hardly cause adrenal insufficiency.
There are needed at least 15 days treatment with corticosteroids to cause adrenal insufficiency.
Anyway, if she has symptoms of adrenal insufficiency, you may check cortisol level at 8.00 a.m or do an ACTH stimulation test.
Will be a pleasure to help you after the results.
Wish her good health.
Kind regards,
Dr.Mirjeta
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