Acute adrenal insufficiency caused by abnormal stress in Addison’s disease, hypopituitarism, following adrenalectomy, and when adrenocortical function has been suppressed by prolonged corticosteroid therapy.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Intravenous
25 - 400 mg
From 6.25 To 100 mg 4 time(s) per day every day
As a guide, infants up to 1 year may be given 25mg hydrocortisone intravenously; children 1 to 5 years, 50mg; 6 to 12 years, 100mg. This dose can be repeated three or four times in 24 hours depending upon the condition being treated and the patient’s response.
Slow intravenous injection, taking at least half to one minute.