ME/CFS Evidence Browser — Classified Studies on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

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Low-dose hydrocortisone for treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.

McKenzie, R, O'Fallon, A, Dale, J et al.·JAMA·1998

Researchers tested whether low-dose hydrocortisone (a steroid hormone) could help ME/CFS patients by addressing a potential hormone imbalance in the body. Over 12 weeks, patients taking hydrocortisone showed somewhat more improvement in overall wellness compared to those taking placebo, but the difference was small and not quite statistically significant. However, the treatment caused the body's ability to produce its own cortisol to be suppressed in 12 patients, which made doctors decide the risks were too high to recommend this treatment.

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Low-dose hydrocortisone for treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.

Hair cortisol levels in women with medically unexplained symptoms.

Clinical characteristics of patients with unexplainable hypothalamic disorder diagnosed by the corticotropin-releasing hormone challenge test: a retrospective study.

Cortisol levels in chronic fatigue syndrome and atypical depression measured using hair and saliva specimens.

Glucocorticoid receptor DNA methylation and childhood trauma in chronic fatigue syndrome patients.

Neuroendocrine disorder in chronic fatigue syndrome.

Self-critical perfectionism predicts lower cortisol response to experimental stress in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and DNA Hypomethylation of the Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene Promoter 1F Region: Associations With HPA Axis Hypofunction and Childhood Trauma.

Effects of early childhood trauma on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Cortisol output in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: pilot study on the comparison with healthy adolescents and change after cognitive behavioural guided self-help treatment.

Chronic fatigue syndrome and high allostatic load: results from a population-based case-control study in Georgia.

Diurnal pattern of cortisol output in postnatal depression.

Salivary cortisol output before and after cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome.

Glucocorticoid receptor mediated negative feedback in chronic fatigue syndrome using the low dose (0.5 mg) dexamethasone suppression test.

Childhood trauma and risk for chronic fatigue syndrome: association with neuroendocrine dysfunction.

Combined dexamethasone/corticotropin-releasing factor test in chronic fatigue syndrome.

Reduced plasma dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels are significantly correlated with fatigue severity in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.

Attenuated morning salivary cortisol concentrations in a population-based study of persons with chronic fatigue syndrome and well controls.

Glucocorticoid receptor polymorphisms and haplotypes associated with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Cortisol and severe fatigue: a longitudinal study in adolescent girls.

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