Milwaukee, WI
A 38-year-old female asked:
Is florinef (fludrocortisone) 0.05 mg daily bad to be on longterm for pots syndrome? how long is too long?risk of osteoporosis? is it better than low dose prednisone?
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Dr. Matthew Cahillanswered
Internal Medicine 27 years experience
Ask your doctor: Postural Orthostasis maybe helped by florinef (fludrocortisone). As it seems you know it is not without risk. You need and deserve to have a full conversation with the prescribing physician not just a text commentary. That being said, there ARE other choices- usually more costly, but anything beats ffeeling woozy or passing out right? I personally would take it for a time. Hope this helps- stay well
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Agreed! The information in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postural_orthostatic_tachycardia_syndrome may help most laypersons to realistically understand the options of care for POTS better. But mainstay of care is still healthy lifestyle without overindulgence & obsession so to make your body more capable to adopt and adapt to the sudden positioning change by efficiently keeping "stable" BP for...
Oct 4, 2015
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