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ACTH1\u201324 stimulation tests (250 and 1 \u03bcg) were carried out in the first 29 patients and 15 controls. Peak FCI less than the mean \u22123 sd of healthy controls was considered subnormal. ACTH1\u201324 stimulation tests were repeated in 24 patients in the euthyroid state.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results: The mean basal plasma ACTH and FCI were higher and CBG was lower in thyrotoxic patients in comparison with controls. The peak cortisol was less than 18 \u03bcg\/dl in 10 of 29 and 14 of 29 on 250 and 1 \u03bcg ACTH1\u201324 stimulation. Peak FCI was subnormal only in three of 27 (11.1%) and two of 21 (7.4%) on 250 and 1 \u03bcg ACTH1\u201324 stimulation, respectively. The mean plasma ACTH, basal FCI, and subnormal peak FCI (two of the three) normalized after euthyroidism. Plasma ACTH and FCI did not correlate with severity of thyrotoxicosis.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusions: Up to 11% of thyrotoxics have subnormal peak FCI on ACTH1\u201324 stimulation. Such changes occur despite high basal plasma ACTH and FCI. Use of FCI, rather than total cortisol, is required for the interpretation of cortisol values in thyrotoxicosis due to the variation in CBG.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1210\/jc.2006-2090","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,2,28]],"date-time":"2007-02-28T03:00:38Z","timestamp":1172631638000},"page":"1693-1696","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Plasma Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) Values and Cortisol Response to 250 and 1 \u03bcg ACTH Stimulation in Patients with Hyperthyroidism before and after Carbimazole Therapy: Case-Control Comparative Study"],"prefix":"10.1210","volume":"92","author":[{"given":"Sunil Kumar","family":"Mishra","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nandita","family":"Gupta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ravinder","family":"Goswami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"80","reference":[{"key":"2020071613340028700_R1","first-page":"589","article-title":"The skin in thyrotoxicosis and the gastrointestinal tract and liver in thyrotoxicosis","author":"Safer","year":"2005","journal-title":"In: Braverman LE, Utiger RD, eds. 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