Adrenal insufficiency - Causes. 1  Causes of acute adrenal insufficiency are mainly sudden withdrawal of long-term corticosteroid therapy, Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, and stress in people with underlying chronic adrenal insufficiency.
Lipoatrophy is a common complication of protease inhibitor administration in HIV patients. These are antiretroviral medications that may lead to central fat accumulation and fat tissue loss in other parts of the body. Lipoatrophy caused by HIV medications are usually generalized or total.
Lipoic acid. Not to be confused with linolenic acid or linoleic acid. Lipoic acid (LA), also known as Î±-lipoic acid and alpha lipoic acid (ALA) and thioctic acid is an organosulfur compound derived from octanoic acid. ALA is made in animals normally, and is essential for aerobic metabolism.