Hey Janers,

It's me again!  It seems that after years of only reading these subjects
are hitting me dead on.

Many years ago someone, probably on this NG, recommended high doses of
DHEA for lupus.  We did the investigating and decided to give it a try.
  I took it for a while and once during a Rheumy visit after
questioning I admitted to taking it.  My doctor asked about it and we
told her what we had learned.  She sort of shrugged it off.

Somewhere along the line as I was flaring and hurting and sick (queasy)
we felt maybe I was just taking too much stuff and I stopped the DHEA.

Fast forward to the recent past.  After all the chemicals they could
pump into me I wasn't doing too well. Then the same rheumy doctor we had
introduced to DHEA before now asked me to start taking it!  She is now a
believer. I also think it helps.

I take 200mg in the morning and 100mg at night.  It has been our
understanding that the higher doses are needed to have a therapeutic effect.

You have a much better understanding of the technical side of this lupus
that we live with than I ever will.  But there is something to the
testosterone thing and that somehow causes some of our endocrine system
to do good stuff.

Good luck,

George

PS  It is said that Mark Maguire's home run record was a result of DHEA use.