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Old 4th, May 2008, 08:04 PM
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Default Addisons Disease

I have a question from one of my NVQ 3 modules. It says:

Why is fludrocortisone needed in addition to hydrocortisone in addisons disease?

I've said that it's used to replace aldosterone. Is this right/wrong? If it's right why don't people suffering from addisons produce enough aldosterone?

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