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  • Title: Dexamethasone suppression test: use of two different dexamethasone doses.
    Author: Hwang S, Zander J, Garvey M.
    Journal: J Clin Psychiatry; 1984 Sep; 45(9):390-2. PubMed ID: 6469924.
    Abstract:
    The endocrinologic methods used in the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) for depression were examined, by employing two different doses of dexamethasone (0.5 or 1.0 mg) at 11 p.m. Nonsuppression to the 1.0 mg DST (plasma cortisol criterion value of 5 micrograms/dl) was seen in 33% of major depressives and in 15% of schizophrenics. A similar result was obtained with the 0.5 mg DST when 12 micrograms/dl was employed as the plasma cortisol criterion value. Plasma cortisol levels 33 hours postdexamethasone did not distinguish between major depressives and schizophrenics.
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