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“Patients treated with methylprednisolone had progressive and sustained reductions of TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, ACTH , and cortisol concentrations over time.”
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine • 2002 | View Paper
“It is found that methylprednisolone produces a more rapid clinical improvement than ACTH but confers no longer term benefit when the two treatments are compared at 3 months.”
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry • 1985 | View Paper
“Furthermore there was a good correlation between percentage changes in ACTH and BLI following MP in group B (r = .87, P less than .01) but not in group A. Possible explanations for these findings are discussed.”
American journal of veterinary research • 1994 | View Paper
“Consequently, a difference between daily- and alternate-day MP administration was detected after ACTH challenge exposure; MPA administration inhibited adrenal cortisol secretion for at least the duration of the experiment.”
“Dogs given MP daily had a depressed response to ACTH.”
“In response to ACTH , cortisol values invariably increased sharply in nontreated control dogs and in those dogs given MP on an alternate-day basis.”