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No, she wasn't consuming licorice. Do you know of some other health conditions that would have that effect? Also, what is the adrenal hormone that you are referring to that causes the kidneys to remove used aldosterone and cortisol from the blood? It's an interesting theory.
However, she's had her cortisol tested twice before and it was never high. It wasn't low either; I believe the results were 11 and 14. On the stim test, it went over 18, which also convinced the endo that she has no adrenal problem, but it did not double at 60 mins. On the 24 hr urine test for aldosterone, she did salt loading for 3 days, which is supposed to suppress aldosterone, then did the collection. Aldosterone in the collection was almost undetectable, which is normal.
Also, I forgot to mention that he ordered a urine check of sodium and potassium for the same time as the other blood work, but no one told us ahead of time. So she couldn't give them a specimen at that time. So they said to just bring it later. But she took her pred right after the blood work and collected the specimen later that afternoon. The results showed it was full of sodium and potassium (my thinking is that she was dumping what her body had been retaining when the cortisol and aldosterone were high).
But her sodium was low and renin and potassium were normal in her blood work before she took the pred and while her cortisol and aldosterone were high, which doesn't make sense. I don't know if any of those test results can be considered reliable. A subsequent urine test for sodium and potassium while taking her pred we were told was normal, though I haven't seen those results.
