TY - JOUR T1 - LOw-dose hydrocortisone for chronic fatigue syndrome—reply AU - Straus SE, McKenzie R, Demitrack MA Y1 - 1999/05/26 N1 - 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-20-jbk0526 JO - JAMA SP - 1887 EP - 1889 VL - 281 IS - 20 N2 - Dr Baschetti and Dr Teitelbaum and colleagues suggest that the dosage we used was too high. We based our regimen on our prior observation that CFS patients secrete approximately 30% less cortisol per day than healthy subjects.2 Our hypothesis was that modest glucocorticoid supplementation might ameliorate CFS symptoms. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-20-jbk0526 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-20-jbk0526 ER -