Corticosteroids used to treat injury are a form of cortisol and can bias the body towards more stress, potentially increasing psychological stress due to their ability to cross the blood-brain barrier. — Whalespan
Corticosteroids used to treat injury are a form of cortisol and can bias the body towards more stress, potentially increasing psychological stress due to their ability to cross the blood-brain barrier.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“There are drugs that can be used to treat injury like corticosteroids, that you can inject to reduce inflammation injury, but they are cortisol. So they're going to bias you towards more stress in other domains. Remember cortisol can cross the blood brain barrier so you're going to be more prone to psychological stress.”
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