When the adrenal glands don’t make enough hormones, this is known as adrenal insufficiency—which you might have seen referred to as Addison’s disease. Some people believe adrenal fatigue to ...

What endocrinologists do sometimes diagnose is a condition called adrenal insufficiency (sometimes called Addison’s disease). When you have that condition, your adrenal glands don’t make ...

Considering taking supplements to treat adrenal insufficiency? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of adrenal insufficiency. Follow the links to read ...

Abruptly stopping can cause adrenal insufficiency, where the adrenal gland stops working. »Learn about the effects of stress on the body. If you think you might have high cortisol, you should ...

Adrenal insufficiency is when the adrenal glands are incapable of producing sufficient amounts of essential steroid hormones, cortisol and aldosterone. Adrenal insufficiency can have several causes.

Opens in a new tab or window Long-term use of glucocorticoids may result in glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency. In this study, only about one in 50 patients who stopped prednisolone were ...

Among 267 participants, only five (1.9%; 95% CI, 0.8-4.3%) had glucocorticoid therapy–induced adrenal insufficiency, with four of them having an AddiQoL-30 score ≤ 85. A total of 75 patients ...