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Originally Posted by masterpp  guys i feel good on HC (low dose, 5mg x2 ed) and ill work my way up to 20mg per day.
my question is, are there any alternatives to HC which can be used long term and in a similar way, but which dont need to be taken every 4 hours, which i fine a bit of a pain.
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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 (weak, not recommended)
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=
40 mg Prednisone
32 mg Medrol
\160 mg Cortef/HC.
***1 mg medrol =1/32 mg dexamethasone
* 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
*** 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) **** 12
********* betamethasone*************************** 24 - 30
********* dexamethasone***************************** 32
*potency is locked up for most people, few actually experiance a significant amount.* A rare few need**** to lower their cortisol therapy by up to 1/3.
********* These figures are rough estimations
Glucocorticoid half lives
cortisone acetate 30 minutes (weak, not recommended)
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