Friday, January 16, 2009

Low Cortisol in Women with FM

Can't really say this is a surprise! (At this point, I get stressed out over nothing...and that is so not me.)


Urinary Cortisol Levels in FM
Friday, January 16, 2009

FMOnline vol. 9, no. 1


A study recently published in BMC Research Notes looked at levels of urinary cortisol in women with fibromyalgia, hoping to prove that the lack of strength or vigor in people with fibromyalgia is associated with below-normal levels of urinary cortisol, expressing a deficit of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Comparing urinary cortisol levels of 47 women with FM, aged 29 to 64 years, with levels in 58 women of comparable age who do not have FM, the researchers confirmed that women with FM have significantly lower urinary cortisol levels than women who do not have fibromyalgia.

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