Fludrocortisone
hormone / endocrine treatment
Nothing to addWhat this medicine is for
Fludrocortisone is a medicine in the 'hormone / endocrine treatment' category. This hormone treatment replaces or modulates a hormone of the body, under medical supervision.
For Fludrocortisone in practice: Replacement mineralocorticoid. It is most often a maintenance treatment, taken at regular times over long periods; its benefit is judged over time, not by how you feel on the day.
Under which brands it is found
In France, about 4 reimbursable presentations containing Fludrocortisone are recorded. It comes under various trade names and in generic form.
- Flucortac
- Fludrocortisone Acetate Accord
- Fludrocortisone Acetlab
- Panotile
Generics and the original brand are equivalent for the active substance; only the appearance, the name or the excipients may differ.
Do you need a supplement? No.
We put forward no supplement for Fludrocortisone: that would be forcing a need that does not exist. The great majority of medicines call for no particular supplementation, and acknowledging this is part of the way we work. We design a supplement only where the data support it, across five specific classes.
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Related molecules
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