You might have the good fortune of actually feeling better 60 minutes after the ACTH injection. I know I did. The idiot, horse's ass of an endo running the
test dumbly said "lots of patients tell me that." Duh, maybe it is because those patients are secondary adrenal insufficient. In another time, ACTH was used for the same reasons you would prescribe Solu-cortef or Medrol. I had an old Physician's Desk Reference from 1973 and it was indicated for treatment of conditions warranting use of corticosteroids.