I remember seeing the late night infomercials for taking Cortisol to lose weight, take away aches and pains, and grow hair.  Well, that may be exaggerating, but if my memory serves me right, I also remember that was about the time the good ole U.S. Government began cracking down on all of these erronious health claims made by all natural products, or something that was non-pharmacuetical.

(side note - the older I get and the more I see what's going on, the government is not a voice of the people.  They are a voice of the lobbyists, and the pharmaceutical companies are helping to steer the FDA against much of what is good.  Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of snake oils out there, but much of what is good is getting smothered by the FDA (which has basically become the police for the pharma companies. - end of side note)

Anyway, sometimes you need to look outside the U.S. to find good information today.  So here it goes… finally:

Cortisol may help fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue symptoms.  Here is a brief snipet from the study out of Canada.  The doctor reported from his group of patients, that those "who received cortisol as part of their treatment. He found that by the fourth visit, 84 per cent reported improvement, with 75 per cent showing "significant improvement," and 62 per cent reporting substantial improvement."

That's encouraging.  You can go here to read more about this.  http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/03/19/cortisol-study.html