cosytropin

[JASA]

I need info. on the cosytropin test because I'm going to have one nex week.

[TBones]

Wikipedia is a wonderful thing. You spelt it wrong incase you did a search and didn’t find anything. (I was going to just tell you what it is and sound smart, or tell you to do a search but I’m nice) lol so here’s a copy & paste from Wikipedia.

Cosyntropin (tradename Cortrosyn) is a synthetic derivative of ACTH that is used in the evaluation and diagnosis of cortisol disorders. Cosyntropin contains the first 24 (of a total 39) amino acids of ACTH but retains full function.[1]
In patients with low cortisol levels or symptoms of adrencortical insufficiency, cosyntropin can be used to diagnose Addison's disease. A failure for serum cortisol levels to increase after administration of cosyntropin makes a diagnosis of primary adrenocortical insufficiency more likely. An increase in cortisol upon administration of cosyntropin rules out the condition.

Also, there is one thread on this board with drug interactions.
http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...ht=Cosyntropin

TBone