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What's the treatment for high cortisol if no tumor is present and the person wasn't using oral steroids? symp's fatigue, weakness, hypercortisolism,

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ACTH-dependent?: Hi. I don't know your work up or what's been tested for or excluded. Hi endogenous cortisol is either pituitary or paraneoplastic (ACTH-dependent) or adrenal tumor (ACTH-independent). I hope you're seeing a good endocrinologist with experience in diagnosing the various different types of Cushing's. If Cushing's is the diagnosis with no treatable target, there are cortisol receptor blockers (cont)

Answered 11/21/2014

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