• Addison's Owner's Manual - print out 3. One for you, one for your spouse, one for your doctor. It's a great way to get to know this disease and how to live with it.
• How to Give an Emergency Injection - Something every Addisonian MUST keep in with your injection kit.
• Emergency Information Form - A form that you fill out that tells medical professionals what to do with you in case of emergency. Keep one on file at home and one with my emergency injection kit. I also send one to the Medical Director of any race in which I participate. THIS FORM SAVED MY LIFE ONCE ALREADY.
• MedicAlert - one piece of jewelry that no Addisonian should be without. It could save your life.

Understanding the adrenals and cortisol

• The Adrenal Gland- Chapter from Cecil Essentials of Medicine. (Copyright © of Elsevier, for personal use only.)
• Addison's Disease: Adrenal Disorders: Merck Manual Professional
• Wikipedia:  cortisol a good explanation of how cortisol (hydrocortisone) works
• Adrenal Seminar by Arlt and Allolio-Excellent explanation of primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency
• Adrenal Antibodies - This article describes adrenal antibodies and explains how tests for these antibodies can be used to diagnose and sometimes predict autoimmune adrenal insufficiency.