J. Flechas MD

J. Flechas, MD, MPH is a researcher, physician and nationally known speaker who specializes in Iodine Therapy for hypothyroidism and fibrocystic breast disease.

Dr. Flechas is the Medical Director of Flechas Family Practice in Hendersonville, NC specializing in hormonal therapy for treatment of Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) since the late 1980s. He also specializes in Iodine Therapy for Hypothyroidism and Fibrocystic Breast Disease.

Dr. Flechas was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and majored in Physics at Southern Missionary College in Tennessee. He achieved his Doctorate in Medicine in 1977 and Masters in Public Health in 1979 from Loma Linda University in California. He is on the family practice staff of Park Ridge Hospital in Fletcher, NC and is licensed to practice in both North Carolina and South Carolina. He is Board Certified in Family Practice by the American Board of Family Practice, and is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the American College of Nutrition.

Dr. Flechas is a nationally known speaker on the diagnosis and successful treatment of Fibromyalgia, one of the 10 most frequently misdiagnosed syndromes in North America today. Dr. Flechas is considered to have broken a paradigm in effectively treating Fibromyalgia pain without the use of anti-depressants, anti-inflammatories, or narcotic medications. His treatment involves the use of Oxytocin and Nitroglycerine to increase Nitric Oxide, a natural painkiller found in the body. He has recently found the use of essential oils from plants to decrease the pain of FMS.