HormoneSynergy

I literally cannot say enough about Dr Retzler and her entire staff. From start to finish (and even beyond the end of our doctor/​patient relationship), she has been welcoming, knowledgable, accessible, professional and kind. Every bit of medical information I shared with her was met with openness and patience, with not a hint of judgement. Once she spent a full hour just explaining hormones, brain chemistry and blood work with me. I always felt that she was fully invested in my health and wellbeing.
HormoneSynergy is a fantastic medical office that I would still be using if I hadn’t moved away. I would recommend them highly to anyone.

Dr Retzler changed my life! I was in my 40s on anti anxiety medication, high blood pressure and cholesterol medication. All I really needed was a dr that cared about the causes not just treating the symptoms. I thank God often I answered the ad for the hormone seminar! My hormones and thyroid were so messed up it was causing all the other problems. Fast forward 10 years I am on no medications other than the bio — identical hormones and I have more energy than I did 20 years ago! I have moved to to Utah but still travel to Portland for Dr Retzler.

This is a fantastic medical practice! Dr. Retzler really goes the extra mile for her patients – examining diet, lifestyle, lab results, and physical findings to make an accurate diagnosis. Without her, I would have never gotten an accurate diagnosis. When my diagnosis was outside of her area of expertise, she made the appropriate referral to the local experts at OHSU. However, I chose to return to her for care because the treatment given to me at OHSU was worse than the condition itself. Dr. Retzler instead helped me with herbal and nutriceutical products that have worked well to manage my condition without the side effects that the drugs OHSU pushed on me had. Dr. Retzler has always been there when I need her, squeezing me into her busy schedule when something unexpected comes up and making sure that I am taken care of. The staff is friendly, and the products they sell are the highest quality ones out there. Dr. Retzler is dedicated to her practice and is continually researching and learning how to best serve those she helps.

Dr. Retzler is extraordinary. It is unfortunate these days that most health care providers are so overburdened by insurance restrictions that even the ones who truly care cannot give the full attention and healthcare their patients deserve. Dr. Retzler has structured her practice so that she can in fact focus her attention on your issues and work with you to try and solve them. She is compassionate, knowledgeable and enthusiastic about her goal of helping you achieve vibrant health, not just ‘absence of disease’. Although she does run lab tests, she also pays attention to symptoms, which is very different from the appoach I get at my HMO, where if my bloodwork is ‘normal’ but I have debilitating fatigue and pain, they tell me I’m fine. Dr Retzler specializes in hormone balance, optimal aging, and cognitive health for both women and men. For me, I’m certain my hormones had been out of balance for more than a decade but I could not get my regular docs to help me – they simply did not have sufficient understanding in that area to even see there was a problem – but Dr. Retzler found my deficiencies right away and immediately presented options for addressing them.