Patient-Focused Hypothyroidism Treatment: A Guide for Patients and Practitioners

Are you one of the millions of women with hypothyroidism? Are you still exhausted, gaining weight, depressed, and foggy-brained – even with treatment? Are you a doctor who treats hypothyroidism? Do you rely on lab tests like the TSH to make the diagnosis and guide your dose adjustments using just levothyroxine? You're not alone. During her decades of medical practice treating women's hormonal challenges, Dr. Donna Hurlock relied on tried-and-true principles of the past to develop and fine-tune the innovative and effective treatment protocols featured in "Patient-Focused Hypothyroidism Treatment." You'll learn about overt and subtle clinical signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism, and why misguided over-reliance on lab-based guidelines leaves patients misdiagnosed and undertreated. You'll also get detailed information on how to safely and successfully dose thyroid hormone replacement to relieve symptoms while avoiding overmedication. Whether you're a thyroid patient or practitioner, "Patient-Focused Hypothyroidism Treatment" is a practical and life-changing roadmap to true wellness!

Since the 1970s, conventional dogma has said that hypothyroidism treatment is optimal when a patient has a "normal" TSH level, even if the patient's symptoms persist. Dr. Donna Hurlock, who is hypothyroid herself, knows that this misguided approach leaves both patients and practitioners frustrated and searching for solutions. During her decades of medical practice treating women's hormonal challenges, Dr. Hurlock developed and finetuned the innovative hypothyroidism diagnosis and treatment protocols featured in "Patient-Focused Hypothyroidism Treatment." This valuable guide for patients and practitioners reviews the overt and subtle clinical signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism and explains why the current lab-based guidelines often leave patients misdiagnosed and undertreated. You'll also get detailed information on how to safely and successfully dose thyroid hormone replacement to not only relieve symptoms while avoiding overmedication but also to prevent many long-term complications of undertreated hypothyroidism. Whether you're a thyroid patient or practitioner, "Patient-Focused Hypothyroidism Treatment" is a practical and life-changing roadmap to true wellness!

After graduating Magna cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University, Donna Hurlock earned her medical degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and did her internship and residency at the Washington Hospital Center. She was board-certified as an obstetrician/gynecologist in 1985 and practiced obstetrics and gynecology in a group practice. In 1988, she opened her practice, "Donna G Hurlock, MD, PC," later renamed the Women's Hormone Center of Northern Virginia, PC, focusing on gynecology and hormonal health, including managing thyroid hormone replacement for thousands of women. During her medical career, Dr. Hurlock was published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, newspapers, magazines, websites, television, and radio outlets, and she was a featured expert in several books. Dr. Hurlock has been a NAMS (North American Menopause Society) Certified Menopause Practitioner since 2000. She is a member of the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons and the Florida Medical Association, and a former member of the Board of Advisors for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington, DC. Dr. Hurlock retired from private medical practice in 2021 and now lives in Florida. She continues to pursue her passions for patient advocacy, boating, civic volunteering, and living in the Florida lifestyle.