Dr. Friedman gave four talks at The MAGIC Foundation’s 13th Annual Conference for Adults
with Endocrine Conditions in Phoenix on March 3, 2019. Slides and talks are available here.
Welcome to Good Hormone Health
Does this sound like you? Too tired to function during the day, but can’t sleep at night. Keep gaining weight in spite of eating clean and working out with a personal trainer. Becoming depressed, moody and irritable. Achy. Sweating. Bloated. Ever thought you had a hormonal disorder or wanted to have your thyroid thoroughly checked? Look over the information on the Goodhormonehealth.com website and see if making an appointment with Los Angeles Endocrinologist, Dr. Theodore C. Friedman, M.D. Ph.D is appropriate.
GETTING YOUR HEALTH BACK
The key to getting your life back starts with getting the right information from an expert Endocrinologist who is dedicated to educating and treating patients with all types of hormonal disorders. Goodhormonehealth is dedicated to providing just that. Check out our collection of articles backed by research, provided by Los Angeles Endocrinologist, Dr. Theodore C. Friedman, M.D. Ph.D on the detection and treatment of hormone imbalances, pituitary, thyroid, adrenal disorders, low testosterone, menopause and Cushing’s disease/syndrome.
Latest Articles
Find out more on pertinent endocrine issues. Dr. Friedman give tips to readers about how they can improve or augment actions in their life to have a healthy lifestyle.
Should I Take Birth Control Pills?
Birth control pills were discovered in the 1960s as a means to contraception with profound implications for society, including separation for women between conception and sexuality. While this most likely had beneficial effects for our society, people have come to see birth control pills as something completely benign, almost like taking a vitamin. Birth control […]
Ketoconazole: Therapy for Cushing’s syndrome
Dr. Friedman usually recommends surgical treatment for Cushing’s syndrome and, specifically, pituitary surgery for those with pituitary Cushing’s disease. However, many patients are not good surgical candidates for their Cushing’s disease. This can occur if they do not have a tumor clearly seen on their pituitary or if their tests are equivocal for Cushing’s. There […]
Growth Hormone Treatment in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Often patient with hypopituitarism need growth hormone, and many of them are younger females who do get pregnant. Dr. Friedman has explored the issue about whether growth hormone is safe and needed in pregnancy for those who were already on growth hormone before they became pregnant. The literature supports that growth hormone can be given […]
Fludrocortisone Replacement and Adrenal Insufficiency
The adrenals make 2 important hormones, cortisol (a glucocorticoid) and aldosterone (a mineralocorticoid). Patients with adrenal insufficiency from an adrenal cause such as an adrenalectomy or Addison disease require replacement of both hormones, Although the natural mineralocorticoid is aldosterone, we give fludrocortisone or Florinef as a replacement. The glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid axis are 2 different […]
Drugs and Cortisol
Patients frequently ask me if takin a certain drug will affect cortisol levels, either in regarding to cortisol testing or if they want to raise or lower their cortisol. If a patient is undergoing testing for Cushing’s Dr. Friedman recommends discontinuing the drug for a week before testing, especially drugs in bold. Although it may […]
Macrilen Stimulation Test vs Glucagon Stimulation Test for Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency
GH deficiency in adults occurs because of some type of injury to the pituitary gland. GH is the first hormone to be affected if the pituitary gland is injured. Injury usually can occur because of the presence of a pituitary tumor, or pituitary surgery or pituitary irradiation. It can also be caused by trauma to […]
Educational Resources
EXCITING NEWS
Dr. Friedman is now approved to offer telemedicine appointments to NEW patients in California (who live more than 2 hours away from his Los Angeles office). The initial in-office visit is no longer necessary!
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GROWTH HORMONE TESTING
Need growth hormone testing, but do not want to get the low blood sugar following an ITT? Dr. Friedman is now performing both the macrelin and glucagon stimulation test for growth hormone testing.
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