Can a young woman of 17 or 18 take birth control if she has Addisons disease?
Yes. There is no contraindication for individuals with Addison’s disease to using the pill. There are however, contraindications to using the birth control pill in the general population that should be respected. Is it possible to raise your cortisol levels in Addison’s by using a certain birth control pill instead of hydrocortisone? I’m a 33 year old female and do not look forward to the side effect profiles presented by the medicines like prednisone, hydrocortisone, etc. Is there a birth control pill that would raise my cortisol levels adequately and present an alternative to hydrocortisone treatment? You have asked if there is an alternative to taking hydrocortisone for the treatment of Addison’s disease. Since the problem in Addison’s disease is a deficiency of hydrocortisone, there is no alterative but to replace the hydrocortisone by using hydrocortisone itself or another glucocorticoid. I prefer hydrocortisone. The good news is that you do not have to have bad side effects from
