The Savvy Woman's Guide to Testosterone

by Elizabeth Lee Vliet

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933213000
• ISBN13: 9781933213002
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Her Place Press
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

It's about time....

Thanks to the author, the word MAY get out. I only found out about Testosterone when I got "pre-cancerous lesions". This was about 8 years after I had total hysterectomy.(Removal of ovaries, cervix and uterus)at age 32. During that time, I lost pubic hair (and even head hair), my vagina shrunk so bad I looked like a Barbie Doll and sex/libido was GONE. Then when I got these lesions, GYN prescribed Testosterone as "useful" but controversial. Within days, the lesions diappeared, hair began to grow back, vagina softened and swelled to normal and then I got HORNY! I've used it for over 10 years now and I look younger than my friends, I have a very happy hubby, my body looks ten years younger and I am in my sixties. I moved to a new state and the new Doctor is not wild over my insistence of Testosterone cream. He says it's controversial. I want to say, "Get over it - just look at your patient, don't you see the health difference?" So don't expect your MD to clamor for the information this good Dr. Vliet is imparting. After all, she is a female. I say, just listen to her!

Guide to Testosterone

I recently read Dr. Vliet's book on the beneficial effects of taking testosterone hormone for hormonal imbalance in this area. I had just visited Dr. Vliet at Herplace Clinic in Tucson and found my hormonal levels to be way out of whack (as I had suspected) and I am now on a regime to get back in balance. The effect of testosterone is a fascinating one, in conjunction with the other hormones of estradiol and thyroid in particular, and if you ever wondered what a wonderful dance these hormones do and the roles that they play in achieving a healthy balanced state - this is a must read. I also recommend the other book I have read by Dr. Vliet, "It's My Ovaries Stupid" Don't be put off by the silly title - all her books are full of documentation and references and she has certainly done her homework. In my opinion, she is the preeminent clinician in this area and should be taken very seriously.

Men get hormone tests and Viagra, Women get anti-depressants and a brush-off

If you even think you may need testosterone, you need this book! It not only explains how testosterone works in the body, but gives you a guide to the kinds of tests you will need to check for hormone problems, tells you how to interpret them, and suggests the kinds of creams and pills that might help you replace your missing testosterone. It also warns you about using pills and creams that are much too high for a woman's body (a 2% cream is TOO high!), and the symptoms of testosterone that is too high or too low. The Savvy Woman's Guide to Testosterone is a practical, medically sound handbook to help you and your doctor find a good testosterone level for you, and is based on international research and Dr. Vliet's 20+ years of clinical practice. Most women go to their ob/gyn for advice, but ob/gyns are trained to be surgeons, and most are not taught about the profound affects of testosterone on mood, bone and muscle strength, and stamina. An internist or an endocrinologist, who has been trained to check hormone levels in the blood, and to medicate in response to the patient's levels, may be a better choice for many women. Some women are being prescribed testosterone and other hormones by their psychiatrist, and finding to their delight that the hormones prescribed by their brain doctor make the rest of the body feel a whole lot better! Dr. Vliet demystifies the process of finding what YOUR body needs with easy to follow charts and lists. Hormones are much too powerful to prescribe without the right blood tests! Finally, Dr. Vliet addresses an issue that has been mostly overlooked by most of the medical community: testosterone inhibits breast tissue proliferation. The little evidence available suggests that testosterone may be protective against breast cancer. A study from a clinic in Australia that has used testosterone in HRT for 25 years showed a protective effect against breast cancer. Women who took testosterone in addition to estrogen and progestin had the same rate of breast cancer as women who did not take hormones. One study is never enough to be sure of something, but 25 years of clinical experience is important evidence. As with her other books, Dr. Vliet also lists a broad selection of the research studies on testosterone, both past and present. Most of these can be found on the Internet at www.pubmed.com, or at a local medical library. This is another excellent book from a passionately committed advocate of women's health.

Valuable information ALL women should know

As a former nurse and woman with peri-menopausal symtoms, I was looking for information on "Bio-identical hormones". Prior to reading "The Savvy Woman's Guide to Testosterone", I read Dr. Vliet's book, "Screaming to be Heard". It was extremely informative (though very clinical). This newest book is also very informative, yet cuts through the clinical aspects of hormones(primarily Testosterone),making it easy for the non-medical woman to fully understand the impact hormones have on the body. I highly recommend both books to any woman looking for information on hormones and hormone replacement therapy. It's a shame, this isn't standard medical knowledge!

What we don't know CAN hurt us!

Amazing information here. So much of what we women suffer from can be dealt with by a simple balancing act -- among our hormones! Since over 400 body functions are affected by hormones, if one hormone is out of balance, don't you think that would affect our bodies? All 400-plus functions--somehow? Of course! But, most doctors and the Feds don't "get it." Men can get Viagra for their "issues," we get Premarin or Prozac. Some choice! So what happens to women without enough of the balance of testosterone? We lose our hair, lose interest in sex, tire easily, have no stamina, age early... and that's just for starters. We don't need much, we need just enough to be healthy. It's time we women educated ourselves. Here's the book to start with. It is loaded with actual patient case histories, with the results described by the patients themselves. You can easily find a case history similar to your own. Certainly something to take to your doctor. Mine is listening.... he really didn't know. Until now!