Efficacy Study of Low-Dose Hydrocortisone Treatment for Fibromyalgia

Summary

This study is based on clinical findings that some patients with fibromyalgia have a tendency towards lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol. The hypothesis to be tested in this study is that the administration of a very low-dose of cortisol which has no side effects corrects this deficiency and results in an improvement of symptoms

Timeline

Start

2003-05

Primary completion

2007-05

Completion

2007-06

Publications

• Background Aerni A, Traber R, Hock C, Roozendaal B, Schelling G, Papassotiropoulos A, Nitsch RM, Schnyder U, de Quervain DJ. Low-dose cortisol for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 2004 Aug;161(8):1488-90. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.8.1488.

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