Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0029p75 | Adrenal cortex | ICEECE2012

Drug prescription pattern in patients with autoimmune addison’s disease in Sweden

Bjornsdottir S. , Sundstrom A. , Blomqvist P. , Kampe O. , Bensing S.

Introduction: There is no published data on dispensed drug pattern in patients with Autoimmune Addison’s disease (AAD). Sweden has excellent condition for research in this area, with high-quality population based registers. Among them is the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register (SPDR) that contains information about dispensed prescribed drugs. By linking registry data, we aimed at accurately estimate the prevalence and incidence of AAD, the prevalence of common concomitant au...

ea0029oc7.5 | Adrenal Clinical | ICEECE2012

Continuous subcutaneous hydrocortisone infusion (CSHI) as replacement therapy in Addison’s disease (AD)

Oksnes M. , Bjornsdottir S. , Methlie P. , Bratland E. , Isaksson M. , Kampe O. , Hulting A. , Bensing S. , Husebye E. , Lovas K.

Background: Conventional glucocorticoid replacement therapy is unphysiological, and does not restore quality-of-life in AD. Here we evaluated the dosing regimens and glucocorticoid metabolism in 10 patients undergoing 24 h sampling during oral replacement therapy and CSHI.Design, Subjects, Measurements: We set up a cross-over randomised multi-centre clinical trial to evaluate dosage and effects of CSHI in 40 Scandinavian AD patients, comparing 3 months o...