| mineralocorticoid antagonist |  |  | 
| potent steroid with both glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid activity |  |  | 
| aldosterone precursor |  |  | 
| long acting glucocorticoid |  |  | 
| adrenocortical insufficiency |  |  | 
| bilateral adrenal hyperplasia secondary to pituitary adenoma |  |  | 
| spironolactone |  |  | 
| intermediate-acting glucocorticoid |  |  | 
| glucocorticoids inhibit expression of this cyclooxygenase isoform |  |  | 
| the acute adrenocortical insufficiency -- immediate drug treatment |  |  |