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  • Title: Adrenocortical function after chronic inhalation of fluocortinbutyl and beclomethasone dipropionate.
    Author: Vlasses PH, Ferguson RK, Koplin JR, Clementi RA, Green PJ.
    Journal: Clin Pharmacol Ther; 1981 May; 29(5):643-9. PubMed ID: 7214795.
    Abstract:
    Fluocortinbutyl (FCB) is a C-21 ester, topically active corticosteroid; no adrenal suppression has been noted after large doses. We compared safety and effects on adrenocortical function of orally inhaled FCB (40 mg/day), beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) (2 mg/day), and placebo administered in four monitored divided doses for 4 wk by three groups of five healthy men. Circadian plasma cortisol concentration and daily urinary free cortisol excretion were determined before and after 3- and 4-wk exposure. Although pretreatment mean area under the curve (micrograms . hr . dl-1) for plasma cortisol did not differ among groups, mean values after weeks 3 and 4 of treatment were lower (p less than 0.05) in the BDP group (95.1 and 83) than in the FCB (155.8 and 153.7) and placebo (141 and 135.8) groups. Mean urinary cortisol excretion after week 4 for the BDP group (29 micrograms) was less (p less than 0.05) than in the FCB (59 micrograms) and the placebo (69 micrograms) groups. Slopes of individual regression lines noting time trends in plasma and urinary cortisol in the BDP group were negative and less (p less than 0.05) than those of the other groups. A cosyntropin test given intravenously after 4 wk of exposure resulted in similar plasma cortisol responses among groups. No serious adverse effects were noted. Thus after long-term high-dose treatment BDP but not FCB suppressed basal adrenocortical function, but neither suppressed the adrenocortical response to cosyntropin.
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